Project Masam’s Team 18 has delivered an Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) session for students at Huzam Basic Education School in Qatabah District, Al Dhale Governorate, following an incident in which a seven-year-old girl was injured by explosive ordnance while on her way to school. Qatabah lies within one of Al Dhale’s long-contaminated areas, where…
Project Masam demining teams have cleared 2,547 landmines and other explosive threats across Yemen during the first two reporting weeks of October 2026, as humanitarian mine action operations continue across multiple governorates. According to the latest operational figures, the total comprises 24 anti-personnel mines, 67 anti-tank mines, 2,454 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and two…
Project Masam has located and cleared 596,036 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 9 October 2026. This total includes 7,759 anti-personnel mines, 153,174 anti-tank mines, 426,414 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,689 improvised explosive devices (IEDs).…
Project Masam has warned that footage from Taiz Governorate and the Red Sea Coast shows large-scale new mine-laying in areas its teams had previously worked to clear and secure. The footage emerges after Yemen saw its most significant escalation in fighting since the 2022 truce period, with Houthi forces advancing rapidly across western Taiz and…
Project Masam demining teams cleared 1,256 landmines and other explosive hazards across Yemen during the first reporting week of October 2026, as humanitarian Mine Action operations continued across multiple governorates. According to the latest operational figures, the items cleared between 26 September and 2 October included 14 anti-personnel mines, 41 anti-tank mines and 1,201 items…
Project Masam has located and cleared 594,745 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 2 October 2026. This total includes 7,749 anti-personnel mines, 153,148 anti-tank mines, 425,161 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,687 improvised explosive devices (IEDs).…
Ousama Algosaibi, Managing Director of Project Masam, has confirmed that all project teams continue to operate according to their established schedules, while Special Tasks Teams and Rapid Response Teams remain ready to respond to emergencies within their areas of operation in Yemen’s liberated territories. His comments come amid intensified military activity in Yemen and continuing…
Project Masam’s Team 42 has cleared 30,000 square metres of civilian farmland north of Al-Makhazin village in Midi District, Hajjah Governorate, as part of ongoing efforts to remove landmines and other explosive hazards from agricultural areas. Team Leader Engineer Abdulrahman Dhiyab said survey and clearance operations carried out during August and September resulted in the…
On Wednesday morning (30 September 2026), Project Masam has carried out a demolition operation in the Zukhar area of Al Dhale District, destroying 299 mines and other items of explosive ordnance collected from across Al Dhale Governorate. The destroyed items included one heat-seeking missile, 10 anti-personnel mines, 13 assorted projectiles, nine improvised explosive devices (IEDs),…
Project Masam demining teams have cleared 5,164 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 four reporting weeks of September included 60 anti-personnel mines, 631 anti-tank mines, 4,452 items of…
