Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 486,108 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas.
These include 6,770 anti-personnel mines, 146,262 anti-tank mines, 324,867 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,209 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) cleared over 65,888,674 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 (22 March 2025 – 28 March 2025) alone, Project Masam deminers removed 607 deadly items, including 21 anti-personnel mines, 20 anti-tank mines, 561 UXO and five IEDs, according to Project Masam Managing Director Ousama Algosaibi. The teams cleared 8,300 square metres during the same period.
While many Project Masam teams were on annual leave during Ramadan, reserve and emergency teams continued operations.
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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