Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 373,894 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas.
These include 5,892 anti-personnel mines, 134,632 anti-tank mines, 7,632 improvised explosive devices and 225,738 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 41,039,283sqm 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 (18 November – 25 November 2022) alone, Project Masam deminers removed 1,242 deadly items, including 172 anti-personnel mines, 220 anti-tank mines, 795 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 55 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), effectively clearing 302,746sqm 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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