{"id":18255,"date":"2021-06-30T08:22:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T08:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectmasam.com\/eng\/?p=18255"},"modified":"2021-06-30T08:22:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T08:22:13","slug":"masam-team-clears-52-banned-anti-personnel-mines-from-single-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectmasam.com\/eng\/masam-team-clears-52-banned-anti-personnel-mines-from-single-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Masam team clears 52 banned anti-personnel mines from single area"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”right” css=”.vc_custom_1524156224953{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1625041233188{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #b5b5b5 !important;border-radius: 15px !important;}”]One of Project Masam demining team has confirmed it located and cleared 52 anti-personnel landmines from a civilian area in just two days.<\/p>\n

Because of their indiscriminate nature and humanitarian impact, anti-personnel mines are prohibited under international humanitarian law, the 1997 Mine Ban Convention and Yemeni law. Since mid-2017, Houthi militias’ widespread use of anti-personnel and anti-tank mines along Yemen’s south-western coast has killed and maimed hundreds of civilians.<\/p>\n

This week, Masam’s Team 21, led by Engineer Abdullah Shaafel, cleared 52 anti-personnel mines, within 48 hours, in Al-Omari area of \u200b\u200bthe coastal Dhubab Directorate. Overlooking the strategic Bab al-\u200bMandab Strait in Taiz Governorate, Al-Omari is a key military base that has been disputed by government forces and Houthi militias since the conflict spilled into the area in early 2015.<\/p>\n

“We received a report about an explosions in Al-Omari area, next to Al-Omari camp, which killed a number of citizens’ livestock, as these areas are grazing areas,” Shaafel told Project Masam from Al-Omari, an area heavily and randomly planted with landmines.<\/p>\n

“Team 21 Masam, moved to this area as an emergency team, and cleared 52 German-made anti-personnel mines, during 27 and 28 June, and work is still ongoing to clear the last mine in these lands.”<\/p>\n

Between 19 and 25 June alone, Masam teams cleared 39,900sqm of liberated land in the Dhubab district, clearing 148 anti-tank mines and 73 unexploded ordnance.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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