Project Masam demolishes 1,485 landmines and unexploded ordnance in Yemen’s Bab al-Mandab

Project Masam has carried out the bulk demolition of 1,485 mines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Bab al-Mandeb, in Yemen’s Taiz governorate. The demolition operation carried out by Project Masam’s Special Task Team included 128 anti-tank mines, 1,338 projectiles and UXO, in addition to three anti-personnel mines and 16 IEDs. In…

Project Masam clears 419,309 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 419,309 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,358 anti-personnel mines, 141,431 anti-tank mines, 263,623 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 7,897 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 50,691,324 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…