In light of the significant humanitarian challenges facing Yemen, Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) programmes are essential for protecting lives and preventing civilian casualties. As the prevalence of landmines remains high across several regions across the war-torn country, the Masam Landmine Clearance Project – Yemen is making dedicated efforts to raise awareness among the most…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 4,578 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in September 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 1,338 landmines and UXO last week, including three anti-personnel landmines, 35 anti-tank mines, and 1,300 UXO during the…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 462,289 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,599 anti-personnel mines, 145,174 anti-tank mines, 302,368 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,148 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 60,034,51 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
