{"id":22143,"date":"2025-08-03T09:10:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T09:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/?p=22143"},"modified":"2025-08-03T09:11:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T09:11:38","slug":"project-masam-clears-884-landmines-unexploded-ordnance-and-improvised-explosive-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/project-masam-clears-884-landmines-unexploded-ordnance-and-improvised-explosive-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Masam clears 884 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and improvised explosive devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Project Masam has announced that its demining teams cleared a total of 884 explosive devices, including landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs), over the past week.This effort is part of the project&#8217;s ongoing mission to eliminate the threat of explosives to civilians.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement released by the project&#8217;s media office, the demining teams cleared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/project-masam-clears-508472-landmines-and-explosive-threats-in-yemen\/\">884 explosive items<\/a> including two banned anti-personnel mines, 28 anti-tank mines, 854 UXO, and no IEDs between 23 July and 1 August, highlighting the persistent danger posed by explosive remnants of war across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The operations room also reported that the teams cleared approximately 163,168 square metres of land, thereby enhancing the safety of residential and agricultural areas that were previously at risk.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"926\" data-end=\"1184\">The previous week (19 \u2013 25 July 2025) saw the removal of 1,151 explosive devices, including four anti-personnel mines, 49 anti-tank mines, 1,093 UXO, and five IEDs. Clearance efforts during that week covered 186,051 square metres.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1998\" data-end=\"2354\">Since the project\u2019s launch in mid-2018, Project Masam has cleared 508,472 explosive devices in Yemen. This total includes 6,829 anti-personnel mines, 146,985 anti-tank mines, 346,408 items of UXO, and 8,250 IEDs. To date, more than 68.8 million square metres of land have been made safe through Project Masam\u2019s clearance operations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2356\" data-end=\"2579\">Project Masam remains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/ten-myth-busters-about-humanitarian-landmine-clearance-in-yemen\/\">firmly committed to its humanitarian mission<\/a>: working to protect lives, restore access, and enable the safe return of displaced communities by clearing explosive hazards from Yemen\u2019s liberated regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project Masam has announced that its demining teams cleared a total of 884 explosive devices, including landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs), over the past week.This effort is part of the project&#8217;s ongoing mission to eliminate the threat of explosives to civilians. 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