Project Masam clears 495,855 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 495,855 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,794 anti-personnel mines, 146,511 anti-tank mines, 334,315unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,235 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) cleared over 67,244,455 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014,…