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Project Masam removes 2,815 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and improvised explosive devices

NewsBy Elsa Buchanan July 30, 2023

Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 625 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) last week, bringing the total number of explosives that have been removed from between 1 and 28 July to 2,815. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that last week the teams removed 456…

Project Masam clears 408,633 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

NewsBy Elsa Buchanan July 30, 2023

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 408,633 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,283 anti-personnel mines, 140,275 anti-tank mines, 7,848 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 254,227 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 48,233,366 sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014,…