Daily Archives: July 21, 2024

Project Masam clears 2,840 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and improvised explosive devices

Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 2,840 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in July 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 989 landmines and UXO last week, including five anti-personnel landmines, 46 anti-tank mines, 935 UXO and three IEDs.…

Project Masam clears 451,908 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 451,908 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,546 anti-personnel mines, 144,724 anti-tank mines, 292,572 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,066 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 58,039,655 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…