Team Leader Sami Said said his demining team was called after a landmine was detonated by three civilians in Hays Directorate. “A child, Ali Zuhair, died and while two other children, Bakir Zuhair and Ali Akbar, were injured,” the leader of Team 26 said. According to the engineer, the landmine was planted by the Houthi…
Project Masam announced that it successfully removed 360,573 landmines, improvised explosive devices and various unexploded ordnance in Yemeni liberated areas, in accordance with the latest statistics published early this month. The project aims to clear the Yemeni territory of landmines, by addressing the direct threats to the civilians due to exposure to the dangers caused…
A number of Arab studies and research centers in Cairo have recently honoured Project Masam with awards for its humanitarian role in saving lives of millions of Yemenis with its landmine clearance work in Yemen. Held in the Egyptian capital, the awards ceremony was conducted by Sherif Abdel Hamid, head of the Gulf Center for…
We are proud to support our partners Mayyun for Human Rights and Development and Peace for Children’s photo exhibition in Sweden. Held in the city of Gothenburg, the exhibition showed a true picture of the reality about the grave violations committed against children in Yemen, including those victims of landmines planted by the Houthis and…
Project Masam has announced its has located and destroyed 360,573 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 5,672 anti-personnel mines, 132,637 anti-tank mines, 7,486 improvised explosive devices and 214,778 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 38,961 431sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic areas have…
Project Masam is honoured to have received an award for its humanitarian efforts and role in saving Yemeni lives, from the Sheba University in Yemen’s Marib. The event, organised by academics and activists on Sunday, was held on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the People’s Republic of Yemen, and neighbouring…
One of Masam’s demining teams that has been operating in Yemen’s Al Dhale Governorate has explained how his team travelled to a village to investigate reports that civilians had been severely injured by landmine explosions. The leader of Masam’s Team 18, Engineer Ahmed Al-Radfani, said his team investigated a report that five young girls had…
Project Masam has announced its has located and destroyed 356,758 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 5,538 anti-personnel mines, 131,459 anti-tank mines, 7,462 improvised explosive devices and 212,299 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 38,034,702sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic areas have been…
“People walk daily between life and death, as landmines have resulted in loss of the lives and the physical disabilities for many civilians.” These are the words Ibrahim Abdel Dayem, a resident in Dhami village, chose to use when he described living in Yemen’s Hays District. Plagued by landmines, strategic Hays links three governorates of…
Project Masam has announced its has located and destroyed 354,857 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 5,517 anti-personnel mines, 130,667 anti-tank mines, 7,451 improvised explosive devices and 211,222 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 37,488,147sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic areas have been…
