{"id":3626,"date":"2022-10-23T13:17:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T13:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectmasam.com\/v2\/?p=3626"},"modified":"2022-10-23T13:17:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T13:17:15","slug":"masam-clears-369159-landmines-and-explosive-threats-in-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/masam-clears-369159-landmines-and-explosive-threats-in-yemen\/","title":{"rendered":"Masam clears 369,159 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Project Masam has announced its has located and destroyed\u00a0<strong><strong>369,159<\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These include\u00a0<strong><strong>5,687<\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0anti-personnel mines,\u00a0<strong><strong>133,538<\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0anti-tank mines,\u00a0<strong><strong>7,553<\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0improvised explosive devices and\u00a0<strong><strong>222,381<\/strong><\/strong> unexploded ordnance neutralised over\u00a0<strong>39,652,109<\/strong>sqm of land since mid-2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the conflict between Yemen\u2019s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;have been left littered with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/18298-2\/\">Houthi anti-personnel mines<\/a>&nbsp;and anti-tank mines, along with unexploded remnants of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week (15 October \u2013 21 October 2022) alone, Project Masam deminers removed\u00a0808\u00a0deadly items, including seven anti-personnel mines, 444 anti-tank mines,\u00a0340\u00a0unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 17 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), effectively clearing\u00a0207,316sqm of land, which has now been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/returning-displaced-civilians-to-their-homes-in-mocha-taiz-governorate\/\">returned to civilians<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 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\n\n\n<p>Masam teams are tasked to clear areas of immediate humanitarian priority:&nbsp;<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\n\n\n<p>For insights into our humanitarian mine clearance work, project updates and to hear from our demining experts, follows on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Masam_ENG\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/project-masam\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project Masam has announced its has located and destroyed\u00a0369,159\u00a0explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. 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