Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 372,652 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas.
These include 5,720 anti-personnel mines, 134,412 anti-tank mines, 7,577 improvised explosive devices and 224,943 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 40,736,537sqm 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 (12 November – 18 November 2022) alone, Project Masam deminers removed 700 deadly items, including 16 anti-personnel mines, 200 anti-tank mines, 476 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and six improvised explosive devices (IEDs), effectively clearing 263,099sqm 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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