Project Masam has announced its has located and destroyed 368,351 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas.
These include 5,680 anti-personnel mines, 133,094 anti-tank mines, 7,536 improvised explosive devices and 222,041 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 39,444,793sqm of land since mid-2018.
Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic areas have been left littered with Houthi anti-personnel mines and anti-tank mines, along with unexploded remnants of war.
Last week (8 October – 14 October 2022) alone, Project Masam deminers removed 7,039 deadly items, including eight anti-personnel mines, 457 anti-tank mines, 6,787 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 24 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), effectively clearing 265,453sqm of land, which has now been returned to civilians.
More than five million people are estimated to have been forced to flee their homes since the beginning of the conflict in Yemen – many of them displaced by the presence of landmines on their land.
Masam teams are tasked to clear areas of immediate humanitarian priority: villages, roads, schools, etc… in order to facilitate the safe movement of civilians and humanitarian goods and services.
For insights into our humanitarian mine clearance work, project updates and to hear from our demining experts, follows on Twitter and LinkedIn.
