Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 407,152 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas.
These include 6,260 anti-personnel mines, 140,058 anti-tank mines, 7,843 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 252,991 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 47,753,315 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 (8 July – 14 July 2023) alone, Project Masam deminers removed 762 deadly items, including one banned anti-personnel mine, 120 anti-tank mines, seven IEDs and 633 UXO, 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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