Masam clears 405,818 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 405,818 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,258 anti-personnel mines, 139,834 anti-tank mines, 7,836 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 251,890 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 47,485,089 sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014,…