Project Masam has announced its has located and destroyed 371,952 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas.
These include 5,704 anti-personnel mines, 134,212 anti-tank mines, 7,571 improvised explosive devices and 224,465 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 40,473,438sqm 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 (5 November – 11 November 2022) alone, Project Masam deminers removed 716 deadly items, including three anti-personnel mines, 104 anti-tank mines, 606 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and three improvised explosive devices (IEDs), effectively clearing 208,611sqm of land, which has now been returned to civilians.
Up to 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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