Project Masam has located and cleared 593,489 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 25 September 2026. This total includes 7,735 anti-personnel mines, 153,107 anti-tank mines, 423,960 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,687 improvised explosive devices (IEDs).…
Project Masam’s Managing Director Ousama Algosaibi has extended his congratulations to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, on the occasion of Saudi Arabia’s 96th National Day, marked annually on 23 September.…
Project Masam demining teams have cleared 3,887 landmines and other explosive hazards across Yemen so far in September 2026, as humanitarian Mine Action operations continue across multiple governorates. According to the latest operational figures, the items cleared during the first three reporting weeks of September included 51 anti-personnel mines, 573 anti-tank mines, 3,252 items of…
Project Masam has located and cleared 592,212 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 18 September 2026. This total includes 7,726 anti-personnel mines, 153,049 anti-tank mines, 422,760 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,677 improvised explosive devices (IEDs).…
Project Masam’s media team in Marib has conducted an explosive ordnance risk education campaign for students at Omar Al-Mukhtar School in Al-Jufainah camp for displaced people, helping children recognise the dangers posed by landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance (UXO), and understand how to respond safely if they encounter a suspected explosive hazard.…
Sheikh Othman Majali, a member of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, has commended the work of Project Masam’s teams operating in Midi District, northern Hajjah Governorate, where deminers continue to survey and clear areas contaminated with landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and other explosive ordnance. During a field visit on Monday (14 September) to liberated areas…
Project Masam demining teams have cleared 2,166 landmines and other explosive hazards across Yemen so far in September 2026, as humanitarian Mine Action operations continue across multiple governorates. According to the latest operational figures, the items cleared during the first two reporting weeks of September included seven anti-personnel mines, 488 anti-tank mines, 1,660 items of…
Project Masam has located and cleared 590,491 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 11 September 2026. This total includes 7,682 anti-personnel mines, 152,964 anti-tank mines, 421,168 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,677 improvised explosive devices (IEDs).…
On Wednesday, Project Masam carried out a controlled demolition operation involving 6,021 mines, munitions and other explosive remnants of war in the Bab al-Mandab area of Taiz Governorate, western Yemen. The controlled destruction of recovered explosive ordnance is an important part of the clearance process. Once landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and…
Reports from civilians who have recognised suspected landmines and other explosive hazards are helping Project Masam teams identify and respond to contamination near homes, farmland, roads and other areas used by communities across Yemen. In Bani Al-Zain village, Hayran District, northern Hajjah Governorate, more than 200 students at a school in northern Hajjah recently learned…
