Project Masam’s demining Team 40 has averted a potential disaster for civilians after responding to reports of a minefield located less than 100 metres from homes in Bani Khoury village, Hiran district, in northern Hajjah Governorate. The operation was launched after the village elder, Sheikh Ali Khoury, alerted Project Masam’s field media team to the…
Project Masam has announced with deep sadness the passing of Engineer Salem Mohammed Ahmed, a member of demining Team 7, following a heart attack. Salem served for several years as part of Project Masam’s humanitarian Mine Action operations in Yemen, working alongside his colleagues to clear landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance (UXO)…
Sheikh Hassan Musbah, the chieftain of Bani Fayid village in Yemen’s Midi district, has praised the humanitarian efforts of Project Masam, stating that the clearance of more than 10,000 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has helped restore safety for civilians across the region. Midi is one of Yemen’s most heavily mine-contaminated…
Project Masam demining teams cleared 6,786 landmines and explosive remnants of war across Yemen during June 2026, continuing efforts to reduce explosive threats and protect civilians in contaminated areas. According to the latest operational figures, the items removed included 186 anti-personnel mines, 442 anti-tank mines, 6,072 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO), and 86 improvised explosive…
Project Masam has located and cleared 571,125 landmines and explosive threats across Yemen’s liberated areas since operations began in July 2018, according to the latest cumulative figures covering activities up to 26 June 2026. This total includes 7,515 anti-personnel mines, 151,892 anti-tank mines, 403,170 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO), and 8,548 improvised explosive devices (IEDs).…
Yemeni Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Muammar Al-Iryani visited the headquarters of Project Masam in Marib Governorate, Yemen, on Thursday (25 June) to review the project’s humanitarian mine clearance operations and congratulate its teams on the extension of operations into a ninth consecutive year. Al-Iryani said the visit, conducted on behalf of the Yemeni…
Major General Amin Saleh Al-Aqili, Chairman of Yemen’s National Mine Action Committee, has condemned the landmine explosion that killed five children and injured nine others in the village of Al-Ribi, in Yemen’s Al-Dhale Governorate. Speaking during a telephone interview broadcast on Aden TV, Major General Al-Aqili described the incident as a grave humanitarian crime, stating…
Project Masam demining teams cleared 4,622 landmines and explosive remnants of war across Yemen during the first three reporting weeks of June 2026, continuing efforts to reduce explosive threats and protect civilians in contaminated areas. According to the latest operational figures, the items removed included 180 anti-personnel mines, 361 anti-tank mines, 4,000 items of unexploded…
Project Masam has located and cleared 568,961 landmines and explosive threats across Yemen’s liberated areas since operations began in July 2018, according to the latest cumulative figures covering activities up to 19 June 2026. This total includes 7,509 anti-personnel mines, 151,811 anti-tank mines, 401,098 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO), and 8,543 improvised explosive devices (IEDs).…
Brig. Gen. Qaid Haitham Halboub, Director of the Executive Mine Action Centre (YEMAC) in Aden Governorate, praised the decision to extend the operations of Project Masam for a ninth consecutive year, commending the significant humanitarian role the project plays in protecting civilians and reducing the threat posed by landmines and explosive remnants of war across…
