Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 405,213 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas.
These include 6,258 anti-personnel mines, 139,709 anti-tank mines, 7,806 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 251,410 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 47,485,089 sqm 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 (17 June – 23 June 2023) alone, Project Masam deminers removed 880 deadly items, including one anti-personnel mine, 143 anti-tank mines, 724 UXO and seven 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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