Project Masam has announced today it has successfully demolished 602 landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Yemen’s southern Abyan region. The bulk destruction operation was carried out on 9 June by Project Masam’s Special Task Team 1 in the Dofas area of Abyan governorate, and included two anti-personnel mines, three anti-tank…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 1,254 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in June 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 1,254 landmines and UXO last week, including one anti-personnel landmines, 18 anti-tank mines, 1,232 UXO and three IEDs.…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 446,112 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,537 anti-personnel mines, 144,457 anti-tank mines, 287,073 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,051 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 56,881,560 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
