Project Masam teams have cleared 80,647 square metres of contaminated land and removed 259 explosive threats near Al-Makhazen village in Midi District, northern Hajjah, as operations continue around agricultural and grazing areas used by local communities. Securing this land is intended to reduce the risks facing farmers and herders, protect livelihoods and expand the areas…
Project Masam teams have removed four anti-vehicle mines from Al-Ja’dah village in Midi District, northern Hajjah, after a local farmer reported suspicious objects near agricultural and grazing land. Midi is a strategically important district close to Yemen’s north-western border and Red Sea approaches, where years of conflict and Houthi mine-laying have left extensive contamination across…
Project Masam Managing Director Ousama Algosaibi has warned that renewed mine-laying in Yemen is creating fresh contamination in areas that had previously been cleared, adding a new layer of risk to an already extensive explosive threat. Speaking to Riyadh-based Saudi media platform QulWadal, Algosaibi said recent developments had undermined some of the progress achieved through…
Hajjah Governor Major General Abdulkarim Al-Sinini has praised Project Masam’s humanitarian mine-action work during a visit to the project’s headquarters in Midi, northern Hajjah on Saturday (7 November 2026). Project Masam began clearance operations in Midi on 7 September 2025, following a month-long field survey, expanding its humanitarian Mine Action work into one of Hajjah’s…
Project Masam teams have cleared 1,041 landmines and other explosive threats across Yemen between 31 October and 6 November 2026, as humanitarian Mine Action operations continued despite significant security and movement restrictions. The weekly total comprised 16 anti-personnel mines, 46 anti-tank mines, 973 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and six improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Teams…
Project Masam has cleared 601,041 landmines and other explosive threats across Yemen since operations began in 2018, according to the latest figures covering activities up to 6 November 2026. Since the conflict escalated in 2014, large areas of Yemen have been contaminated by landmines and explosive remnants of war, particularly in formerly contested and strategically…
Project Masam has cleared 600,000 explosive threats across Yemen, marking one of the most significant milestones since the humanitarian Mine Action project began operations in June 2018. The figure, recorded to 30 October 2026, includes landmines, items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) removed by Project Masam teams during more than eight…
Project Masam teams cleared 6,511 landmines and other explosive threats across Yemen during the first five reporting weeks of October 2026, as humanitarian mine-action operations continued despite significant security and movement restrictions. The October total comprises 107 anti-personnel mines, 277 anti-tank mines, 6,100 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 27 improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Teams…
Project Masam has cleared 600,000 landmines and other explosive threats across Yemen since operations began in 2018, according to the latest figures covering activities up to 30 October 2026. Since the conflict escalated in 2014, large areas of Yemen have been contaminated by landmines and explosive remnants of war, particularly in formerly contested and strategically…
President Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi, Chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, has praised Project Masam’s demining efforts in Yemen and its humanitarian role in protecting civilians, saving lives from the dangers of landmines, and helping restore the safe use of land and livelihoods in affected areas. Project Masam began operations in mid-2018 in response to the…
