Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 478,222 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,698 anti-personnel mines, 145,892 anti-tank mines, 317,447 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,185 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) cleared over 63,916,959 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam’s Special Task Team has been called in to investigate a suspected suicide vest left behind by a terror cell in Al Dhale governorate, in southern Yemen. The strategic border region – a gateway to Yemen’s south – has been the theatre of war since at least 2015, with moving frontlines emerging between Iran-backed…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have cleared 1,151 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in January 2025. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams cleared 1,151 landmines and UXO last week, including 32 anti-tank mines, 1,115 UXO, and four IEDs during the period. This…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 477,583 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,690 anti-personnel mines, 145,847 anti-tank mines, 316,862 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,184 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) cleared over 63,678,113 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam’s deminers have destroyed 1,063 landmines, and unexploded ordnance in the coastal Bab al-Mandab area of Dhubab District, in Yemen’s Taiz region. The demolition operation, carried out by the Project Masam’s Special Task Team, involved the demolition of 446 assorted rounds of ammunition, 391 various fuses, 93 Houthi anti-tank mines, and 31 Houthi anti-personnel…
This week, the University of Saba Region in the eastern Yemeni governorate of Marib has launched four specialised media courses aimed at qualifying 100 media professionals from among graduates of the Media Department, and workers in local media institutions. Operating since mid-2018, Project Masam conducts humanitarian clearance in accordance with priorities set by the Yemeni…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have cleared 5,398 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in December 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams cleared 3,174 landmines and UXO last week, including three anti-personnel landmines, seven anti-tank mines, and 3,164 UXO during the period.…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 476,432 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,690 anti-personnel mines, 145,815 anti-tank mines, 315,747 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,180 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) cleared over 63,378,671 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
The Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Anba has honoured Project Masam’s Managing Director Ousama Algosaibi in recognition of his significant humanitarian efforts in saving innocent lives from the dangers of landmines and his ongoing support to enhance security and stability in Yemen. Since its operation began in mid-2018, Project Masam, a Saudi-funded multilateral humanitarian land mine clearance project…
The Managing Director of Project Masam has inspected the progress of field operations in the project’s areas of work in Aden and along the west coast of Yemen. Launched in June 2018, Project Masam has 32 demining teams deployed across a number of liberated Yemeni regions, including Aden, Al-Jawf, Al-Dale, Al-Hudaydah, Marib, Shabwah and Taiz.…
