The leader of Project Masam’s Team 12, which works in the Al-Safra area of Osilan district in Shabwah governorate, has announced his team successfully cleared three minefields, effectively clearing a total area of 40,000 sqm. Explaining that recent successes could be explained by his team’s “high morale” and determination to rid Al-Safra of landmines, the…
The leader of Project Masam’s demining Team 9 has announced his team has removed 58 banned anti-personnel landmines in the Al-Safra area of the Osilan directorate of Shabwah Governorate in Yemen. The team is currently working in Field 1 in the mountainous Khurm al-Tha’aleb area, which is densely planted with landmines. These explosive devices continue…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 407,152 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,260 anti-personnel mines, 140,058 anti-tank mines, 7,843 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 252,991 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 47,753,315 sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014,…
Project Masam has announced it has removed 762 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive device (IEDs) last week as part of its humanitarian landmine clearance operations, bringing the total removed from the beginning of this month until the 14th of this month to 1334. In a statement, the Operations room said the weekly total clearance…
Project Masam’s Team 9 has announced the successful clearance and removal of 57 banned anti-personnel landmines in the As-Safra area of Usaylan district in Shabwah governorate over the course of four months. This milestone illustrates the team’s efforts and commitment to ensuring the safety of villagers and shepherds, and maintaining the security of the region…
Project Masam has cleared 406,390 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) since it launched its humanitarian landmine clearance operations in Yemen in mid-2018. Since the beginning of the war in Yemen, Houthi militias have been planting landmines and IEDs, leaving the country littered with hundreds of thousands of deadly landmines. Since June…
Project Masam’s Managing Director has described the difficult conditions in which the project’s deminers have been working as they continue to remove and clear landmines in Yemen. These landmines, planted indiscriminately and extensively by the Houthi militia across Yemen, continue to pose a significant threat to the lives of civilians, including children, women, and the…
Project Masam has announced it has removed 4,899 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive device (IEDs) during the month of June 2023 as part of its humanitarian landmine clearance operations. In June, Project Masam removed 4,307 UXO and 478 anti-tank mines, effectively clearing 752,681sqm of liberated Yemeni territory during the same period. In its…
The Undersecretary at Yemen‘s Ministry of Information, Ahmed Rabee, has visited Project Masam’s headquarters in Marib Governorate on the occasion of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s announcement to extend the project’s work for the sixth consecutive year. Rabee, accompanied by a group of journalists and human rights activists, said that his visit to Project Masam,…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 405,818 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,258 anti-personnel mines, 139,834 anti-tank mines, 7,836 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 251,890 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 47,485,089 sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014,…
