Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and cleared 537,505 landmines and explosive threats across Yemen’s liberated areas since operations began in July 2018, according to the latest weekly report covering activities up to 30 January 2026. The cumulative clearance includes 7,054 anti personnel mines, 149,110 anti tank mines, 372,979 items…
Project Masam has carried out its third bulk demolition operation in the city of Mukalla, in Yemen’s Hadhramaut Governorate, safely destroying 1,531 landmines and explosive remnants of war. The operation was implemented as part of the project’s ongoing humanitarian mine action activities aimed at reducing explosive threats and protecting civilian lives. According to Project Masam,…
Project Masam has cleared a total of 4,862 explosive items so far in January 2026, as part of its ongoing humanitarian mine action efforts to reduce explosive threats and protect civilians across Yemen’s liberated areas. The month-to-date total includes 40 anti-personnel mines, 299 anti-tank mines, 4,515 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO), and eight improvised explosive…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and cleared 534,813 explosive devices across Yemen’s liberated areas since operations began in July 2018, according to the latest weekly project report covering activities up to 23 January 2026. This cumulative clearance includes 7,042 anti-personnel mines, 149,040 anti-tank mines, 370,377 items of unexploded ordnance…
On Thursday morning, Project Masam carried out a large-scale demolition operation in the city of Mukalla in Yemen’s Hadhramaut Governorate, safely disposing of 5,754 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and other explosive devices. The operation forms part of the project’s ongoing humanitarian efforts to protect civilian lives and clear residential areas and civilian infrastructure of explosive hazards.…
Project Masam, in coordination with the National Mine Action Programme and the Yemen Executive Mine Action Centre (YEMAC) branch in Hadhramaut Governorate, successfully destroyed 636 explosive devices in the city of Mukalla as part of its ongoing humanitarian mine action operations. The demolition operation targeted explosive remnants of war that pose a direct threat to civilians across liberated…
Project Masam cleared 837 explosive items during the week of 10-16 January 2026, as part of its ongoing humanitarian mine action efforts to reduce explosive threats and protect civilians across Yemen’s liberated areas. The items removed during the reporting period included one anti-personnel mine, 104 anti-tank mines, 729 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO), and three…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and cleared 532,705 explosive devices across Yemen’s liberated areas since operations began in July 2018, according to the latest weekly project report covering activities up to 16 January 2026. This cumulative clearance includes 7,011 anti-personnel mines, 149,965 anti-tank mines, 368,377 items of unexploded ordnance…
Across Yemen, uncertainty continues to shape daily life. Shifts in leadership and dynamics, escalating complex emergency, and deepening funding constraints have placed additional strain on an already fragile humanitarian environment. The United Nations this week warned that reduced resources are pushing essential services closer to breaking point, even as civilian needs remain acute. In this…
Project Masam cleared 1,181 explosive items during the first full week of January 2026, as part of its ongoing humanitarian mine action efforts to reduce explosive threats and protect civilians across Yemen’s liberated areas. The items removed between 3 January and 9 January 2026 included four anti-personnel mines, 61 anti-tank mines, 1,114 items of unexploded…
