Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 1,254 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in June 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 1,254 landmines and UXO last week, including one anti-personnel landmines, 18 anti-tank mines, 1,232 UXO and three IEDs.…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 446,112 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,537 anti-personnel mines, 144,457 anti-tank mines, 287,073 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,051 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 56,881,560 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
As Project Masam nears the end of its sixth year operating in Yemen, we take a look back at its recent achievements and awards. Launched in mid-June 2018 in Yemen liberated areas, Project Masam’s 32 demining teams have so far cleared 444,858 deadly items, including 6,530 anti-personnel landmines, 144,439 anti-tank landmines, 285,841 unexploded ordnance (UXO)…
Project Masam has announced today it has successfully demolished 659 landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Yemen’s southern Bab al-Mandab area. The bulk destruction operation was carried out by Project Masam’s Special Task Force, and included six anti-tank landmines, nine banned anti-personnel mines, 23 shells, four IEDs, 429 miscellaneous rounds, and…
The Human Rights Office in Yemen’s Marib region today has held the first forum to support and advocate for landmine victims in partnership with Hemaya Organization for Civil Orientation (HOCO), and sponsored by Project Masam. Landmines and improvised explosive devices continue to pose life-threatening risks to millions of civilians in a number of mine-affected Yemeni…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 5,726 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in May 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 1,406 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including ten anti-personnel mines, 68 anti-tank mines, 1,326 UXO and two…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 444,858 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,530 anti-personnel mines, 144,439 anti-tank mines, 285,841 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,048 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 56,881,560 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 4,320 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in May 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 1,375 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including four anti-personnel mines, 11 anti-tank mines, 1,345 UXO and ,…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 443,452 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,520 anti-personnel mines, 144,371 anti-tank mines, 284,515 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,046 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 56,636,614 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam’s managing director Ousama Algosaibi has welcomed a report by Human Rights Watch, saying hat the existence of mines in Yemen is a serious problem; and that the Houthi militia is still manufacturing and planting mines, in spite of the fact that Yemen has signed an agreement banning the use of individual mines. The…
