Project Masam teams have located, cleared or destroyed 3,432 landmines and unexploded ordnance in the last month across Yemen.
Operating since mid-2018, Masam currently has 32 teams working in liberated areas across the country and conducts humanitarian clearance in accordance with priorities set by the Yemeni National Authority.
Teams operating out of Masam’s Marib headquarters were clearing anti-tank mines, anti-personnel mines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the governorates of Marib, Al Jawf, Shabwah, Al Hodeydah and Taiz.
The West Coast Teams operating out of Masam’s Aden headquarters, meanwhile, carried out clearance activities in Taiz, Al Hodeydah, Aden and Al Dalea.
Over the last month (1-29 July 2022), Masam teams cleared a total of 3,432 explosive items including 65 anti-personnel landmines, 1,239 anti-tank landmines, 2,124 UXO and four IEDs, effectively clearing a total of 745,020sqm.
Since mid-2018, 352,315 explosive threats have been cleared from 36,459,361sqm of Yemeni liberated land has been cleared. This included 5,425 anti-personnel mines, 129,813 anti-tank mines, 209,643 UXO and 7,434 IEDs.
This month, Masam announced a new landmark in Yemen as it cleared its 350,000th explosive item.
