Project Masam teams have cleared 2,330 landmines and other explosive threats across Yemen so far in November 2026, as humanitarian Mine Action operations continue despite significant security and movement restrictions.
The November total includes 34 anti-personnel mines, 169 anti-tank mines, 2,116 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 11 improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Teams have also cleared 460,499 square metres of land during the month to date.
The latest reporting week (7-13 November) our demining teams cleared 1,289 explosive threats and 254,630 square metres of cleared land, including 18 anti-personnel mines, 123 anti-tank mines, 1,143 items of UXO and five IEDs.
Operations during the latest week were recorded across multiple governorates, including Abyan, Aden, Al Dhale, Hadramout, Hajjah, Lahj, Marib and Shabwah.
The latest figures come as Project Masam continues operating despite significant security-related restrictions across parts of Yemen. Teams continue survey, clearance, safe disposal, emergency response and Explosive Ordnance Risk Education wherever operational conditions allow.
In Midi, clearance continued across several locations east, west, south-west and south-east of the town. Teams also began operations at a new site at Al-Naseem farm, worked around the Magistrate’s Court west of Midi and continued clearance north of Water Well Alpha.
The Community Liaison Team continued non-technical survey and Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) in villages south-east of Midi, while mechanical clearance using the PT300 remained suspended because of the current security situation.
Project Masam’s November figures reflect the continuing diversity of Yemen’s explosive contamination, with anti-personnel mines, anti-tank mines, UXO and IEDs requiring different survey, clearance and disposal responses across affected areas. Since operations began in 2018, Project Masam has now cleared 602,330 explosive threats across Yemen and more than 87.2 million square metres of land.
