{"id":21317,"date":"2024-09-22T09:21:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T09:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/?p=21317"},"modified":"2024-09-22T09:21:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T09:21:57","slug":"project-masam-clears-462289-landmines-and-explosive-threats-in-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/project-masam-clears-462289-landmines-and-explosive-threats-in-yemen\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Masam clears 462,289 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-154e26cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"154e26cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 462,289 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas.<\/p>\n<p>These include 6,599 anti-personnel mines, 145,174 anti-tank mines, 302,368 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,148 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 60,034,51 square metres of land since mid-2018.<\/p>\n<p>Since the conflict between Yemen\u2019s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/project-masam-secures-30-of-%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8bdhubab-directorate-in-taiz-governorate\/\">strategic areas<\/a>\u00a0have been left littered with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/18298-2\/\">Houthi anti-personnel mines<\/a>\u00a0and anti-tank mines, along with unexploded remnants of war.<\/p>\n<p>Last week (14 September \u2013 20 September 2024) alone, Project Masam deminers removed 1,338 deadly items, including three anti-personnel mines, 35 anti-tank mines, and 1,300 UXO, according to Project Masam Managing Director Ousama Algosaibi. The teams cleared 292,892 square metres during the same period.<\/p>\n<p>Up to five million people are estimated to have been forced to flee their homes since the beginning of the conflict in Yemen \u2013 many of them displaced by the presence of landmines on their land.<\/p>\n<p>Masam teams are tasked to clear areas of immediate humanitarian priority:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/technical-expert-fayez-al-harbi-landmines-were-planted-in-school-healthcare-centre-and-water-tank\/\">villages, roads, schools<\/a>, etc\u2026 in order to facilitate the safe movement of civilians and humanitarian goods and services.<\/p>\n<p>For insights into our humanitarian mine clearance work, project updates and to hear from our demining experts, follows on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Masam_ENG\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/project-masam\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 462,289 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,599 anti-personnel mines, 145,174 anti-tank mines, 302,368 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,148 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 60,034,51 square metres of land since mid-2018. 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