{"id":18273,"date":"2021-07-07T09:29:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T09:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/?p=18273"},"modified":"2021-07-07T09:36:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T09:36:01","slug":"battle-area-clearance-masam-retrieves-hundreds-of-ordnance-in-ataq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/battle-area-clearance-masam-retrieves-hundreds-of-ordnance-in-ataq\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle Area Clearance: Masam clears hundreds of unexploded munitions in Ataq"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1524156224953{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1625650555915{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #b5b5b5 !important;border-radius: 15px !important;}&#8221;]Project Masam deminers from Team 6 have conducted Battle Area Clearance in Ataq, a former conflict zone in Yemen&#8217;s southern Shabwa Governorate, clearing hundreds of unexploded deadly munition.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last decades, this geotrategic oil-rich region has been a battleground between various entities including Yemeni government forces, local tribesmen, the Southern Transitional Council, AQAP and their affiliates, and Houthi militias.<\/p>\n<p>Team 6 were called to investigate, locate and clear unexploded ordnance (UXO) in a destroyed ammunition bunker in Ataq, where they found large amounts of undetonated explosive ordnance\u00a0that innocent civilians might stumble on.<\/p>\n<p>Last week alone (26 June to 2 July), Masam teams cleared 3,610sqm of liberated land in Ataq, effectively localising and destroying a staggering 39 anti-tank mines, 374 UXO and 1 improvised explosive device (IED).<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:6818465634007973888\">here<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1524156224953{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1625650555915{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #b5b5b5 !important;border-radius: 15px !important;}&#8221;]Project Masam deminers from Team 6 have conducted Battle Area Clearance in Ataq, a former conflict zone in Yemen&#8217;s southern Shabwa Governorate, clearing hundreds of unexploded deadly munition. 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