{"id":15992,"date":"2018-09-10T15:57:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T15:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/?p=15992"},"modified":"2023-03-28T12:05:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T12:05:32","slug":"ieds-and-risk-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/ieds-and-risk-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"IEDs and Risk Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69e17ea7e7b9f\" data-id=\"69e17ea7e7b9f\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1523980243435{background-color: #bfbfbf !important;border-radius: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;slideInLeft&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1524347545394{background-color: #a3a3a3 !important;border-radius: 15px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69e17ea7e7bce\" data-id=\"69e17ea7e7bce\" data-height=\"10\" data-height-mobile=\"10\" data-height-tab=\"10\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>News<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69e17ea7e7bef\" data-id=\"69e17ea7e7bef\" data-height=\"10\" data-height-mobile=\"10\" data-height-tab=\"10\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69e17ea7e7c0c\" data-id=\"69e17ea7e7c0c\" data-height=\"10\" data-height-mobile=\"10\" data-height-tab=\"10\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div><div id=\"mtphr-dnt-15304\" class=\"mtphr-dnt mtphr-dnt-15304 mtphr-dnt-default mtphr-dnt-scroll mtphr-dnt-scroll-left mtphr-dnt-trim-ticks ticker-bold\"><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-wrapper mtphr-dnt-clearfix\"><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick-container\"><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick-contents\"><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \">Managing Director Project of Masam, Mr. Ousama AlGosaibi: Project teams have cleared 220,352 mines, unexploded ordnance and explosive devices since end of June 2018 until now<\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/seperator.jpg\"><\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \">AlGosaibi: Masam teams cleared 148872 unexploded ordnance from end of June 2018 until February 26,2021<\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/seperator.jpg\"><\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \">AlGosaibi: Teams have cleared so far 62,663 anti-tank mines and 2,957 anti-personnel mines<\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/seperator.jpg\"><\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \">AlGosaibi: Project field teams cleared 5860 explosive devices from project launch until February 26,2021<\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/seperator.jpg\"><\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \">AlGosaibi: Our teams were able from end of June 2018 till February 26,2021, to clear 20,491,365 square meters of Yemeni lands that were booby-trapped with mines, ammunition and explosive devices<\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/seperator.jpg\"><\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \">Project Masam Operations Room: From the beginning of February until the 26th, engineering teams cleared 5,915 mines, unexploded ammunition and explosive devices<\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/seperator.jpg\"><\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \">Project Masam Operations Room: From the beginning of this month, until now, Masam teams have cleared 4,175 unexploded ordnance and 10 explosive devices<\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/seperator.jpg\"><\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \">Masam Operations: From the beginning of the month until the 26th, project teams cleared 1,590 anti-tank mines and 140 anti-personnel mines<\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/seperator.jpg\"><\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \">Project Masam Operations: During the fourth week of February, our teams cleared 1428 mines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices<\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/seperator.jpg\"><\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \">Masam Operations: Our teams cleared 1015 unexploded ordnance and one explosive device last week<\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/seperator.jpg\"><\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \">Masam Operations: Last week, project teams cleared 391 anti-tank mines and 21 anti-personnel mines<\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/seperator.jpg\"><\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \">Masam Operations Room: During the fourth week of this month, project teams were able to clear 261865 square meters of Yemeni lands<\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/seperator.jpg\"><\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \">Masam Operations: From the beginning of the month until the 26th, our teams were able to clear 1,244,805 square meters of Yemeni lands<\/div><div class=\"mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/seperator.jpg\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69e17ea7e88f7\" data-id=\"69e17ea7e88f7\" data-height=\"10\" data-height-mobile=\"10\" data-height-tab=\"10\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"ult-spacer 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