Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 399,195 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas.
These include 6,151 anti-personnel mines, 139,067 anti-tank mines, 7,788 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 246,189 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 46,219,580sqm 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 (13 May – 19 May 2023) alone, Project Masam deminers removed 896 deadly items, including 20 anti-personnel mines, 159 anti-tank mines, 901 UXO and five 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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