Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 426,090 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas.
These include 6,442 anti-personnel mines, 142,455 anti-tank mines, 269,250 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 7,943 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 52,587,150 square metres 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 (16 December – 22 December 2023) alone, Project Masam deminers removed 826 deadly items, including nine anti-personnel mines, 116 anti-tank mines, 681 UXO and 20 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), according to Project Masam Managing Director Ousama Algosaibi. The teams cleared 205,009 square metres during the same period.
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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