{"id":20405,"date":"2023-11-07T18:30:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T18:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/?p=20405"},"modified":"2024-02-11T18:04:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T18:04:26","slug":"masam-demolishes-1582-landmines-and-unexploded-ordnance-in-yemens-bab-al-mandab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/masam-demolishes-1582-landmines-and-unexploded-ordnance-in-yemens-bab-al-mandab\/","title":{"rendered":"Masam demolishes 1,582 landmines and unexploded ordnance in Yemen\u2019s Bab al-Mandab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Project Masam has carried out the bulk demolition of 1,582 landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Bab al-Mandab, in Dhubab District in south Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>The destruction operation carried out by Project Masam&#8217;s Special Task force in the Bab al-Mandab area, on the western coast of Yemen, included 120 anti-tank mines, 110 unexploded projectiles, 10 camouflaged IEDs (improvised so called rockmines with passive infra-red activation), in addition to 1,335 fuses and various bullets, three anti-personnel mines, and four large rockets.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Assistant Managing Director of Project Masam, Qasim Al-Dossary, confirmed that the demolition process was carried out following the international standards for the destruction of landmines and remnants of war, where a safe site away from residential areas is chosen, after coordination with the competent authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Dossary pointed out that the landmines and IEDs that were destroyed today were planted in vital areas, such as villages, farms, roads, and schools, among many others, where they posed a direct threat to the lives of civilians, and killed many of them.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Project Masam teams work daily along the western coast of Yemen, to secure innocent civilians against mines and IEDs so that they can live safely in their areas.<\/p>\n<p>This bulk demolition operation, carried out this morning by the Special Task force, is the 191st operation carried out by the project since it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/project-masam-clears-420832-landmines-and-explosive-threats-in-yemen\/\">began its work in Yemen in June 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20407 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-07-at-22.14.50.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-07-at-22.14.50.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-07-at-22.14.50-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-07-at-22.14.50-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-07-at-22.14.50-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-07-at-22.14.50-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-07-at-22.14.50-500x281.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-07-at-22.14.50-800x450.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-07-at-22.14.50-1280x720.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project Masam has carried out the bulk demolition of 1,582 landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Bab al-Mandab, in Dhubab District in south Yemen. 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