Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 396,081 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas.
These include 6,114 anti-personnel mines, 138,558 anti-tank mines, 7,773 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 243,636 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 45,367,536sqm 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 (22 – 28 April 2023) alone, Project Masam deminers removed 625 deadly items, including one anti-personnel mines, 217 anti-tank mines, 614 UXO and four improvised explosive devices (IEDs), according to Project Masam Managing Director Ousama Algosaibi.
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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