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Project Masam clears 1,470 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and improvised explosive devices

NewsBy Elsa Buchanan December 17, 2023

Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 1,470 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in December 2023. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 124 mixed landmines and 611 UXO last week, bringing the total of explosives that have been removed since…

Project Masam clears 425,264 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

NewsBy Elsa Buchanan December 17, 2023

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 425,264 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,433 anti-personnel mines, 142,339 anti-tank mines, 268,569 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 7,923 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 52,382,141 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…