MASAM: 3,174 Houthi mines and ammunition removed during the past week in Yemen

The Masam Project for Mine Clearance in Yemen announced today, Sunday, that its field teams removed 3,174 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices during the past week from several Yemeni governorates.

The Masam Project Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 3,174 landmines and unexploded ordnance last week (December 21-27), including three anti-personnel mines, seven anti-tank mines, and 3,164 unexploded ordnance.

She pointed out that this statistic raised the total number of items removed in the period from December 1 to 27 to 5,398.

The statement said that demining teams were able to clear 301,645 square meters of Yemeni land last week.

Since the launch of the project at the end of June 2018 until December 21, the project teams have been able to remove and destroy 476,432 explosive materials in the liberated areas of Yemen.