Daily Archives: January 28, 2024

Project Masam clears 3,514 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and improvised explosive devices

Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 3,514 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in January 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 733 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including two anti-personnel mines, 126 anti-tank mines, 602 UXO and three…

Project Masam clears 430,323 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 430,323 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,451 anti-personnel mines, 143,044 anti-tank mines, 272,868 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 7,960 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 53,788,355 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…