Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 4,320 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in May 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 1,375 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including four anti-personnel mines, 11 anti-tank mines, 1,345 UXO and ,…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 443,452 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,520 anti-personnel mines, 144,371 anti-tank mines, 284,515 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,046 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 56,636,614 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam’s managing director Ousama Algosaibi has welcomed a report by Human Rights Watch, saying hat the existence of mines in Yemen is a serious problem; and that the Houthi militia is still manufacturing and planting mines, in spite of the fact that Yemen has signed an agreement banning the use of individual mines. The…
