Project Masam has announced its has located and destroyed 369,159 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas.
These include 5,687 anti-personnel mines, 133,538 anti-tank mines, 7,553 improvised explosive devices and 222,381 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 39,652,109sqm 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 (15 October – 21 October 2022) alone, Project Masam deminers removed 808 deadly items, including seven anti-personnel mines, 444 anti-tank mines, 340 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 17 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), effectively clearing 207,316sqm 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.
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