Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 431,054 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,455 anti-personnel mines, 143,137 anti-tank mines, 273,490 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 7,972 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 54,081,649 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 3,514 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in January 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 733 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including two anti-personnel mines, 126 anti-tank mines, 602 UXO and three…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 430,323 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,451 anti-personnel mines, 143,044 anti-tank mines, 272,868 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 7,960 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 53,788,355 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Yemen has continued to witness the deterioration of the educational process, due to the partial and total destruction of schools by landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). According to information obtained by Project Masam, these mines targeted 344 schools in six Yemeni governorates, which led to the injury of a large number of students and…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 2,781 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in January 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 1,010 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including 890 UXO and 117 anti-tank mines, bringing the total of…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 429,590 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,449 anti-personnel mines, 142,918 anti-tank mines, 272,266 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 7,957 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 53,541,555 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 1,171 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in January 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 1,046 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including 915 UXO and 118 anti-tank mines. Since the beginning of…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 428,580 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,447 anti-personnel mines, 142,801 anti-tank mines, 271,376 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 7,947 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 53,383,707 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
After almost a decade of war on the western coast of Yemen, fears about landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) persist, as do the impact of their presence on the lives of civilians in the area. Since it started operating in the coastal city of Al-Mokha in August 2018,…
The leader of Project Masam’s demining Team 19 has announced his team has cleared 285 explosive remnants of war after moving its humanitarian landmine clearance operation to an area on Yemen’s southern coast of Bab al-Mandab. Explosive remnants of war (ERW) include anything from Houthi-planted landmines, unexploded bombs or shells, to bullets and hand grenades.…
