Residents in Bani Hussein village in Hiran District, north of Yemen’s Hajjah Governorate, have discovered landmines that were carried into farmland and public roads by floodwaters following a low pressure system that hit the area on Saturday (28 March). Floodwaters, or wind, can displace landmines from their original positions and transport them over long distances,…
Project Masam has warned of growing dangers from landmines and unexploded ordnance displaced by ongoing heavy rains in several Yemeni governorates, including Marib, Shabwah, Taiz, Al Jawf and Al Hudaydah. The humanitarian landmine clearance organisation said that flooding and torrential rainfall have moved mines and unexploded ordnance from previously contaminated areas into villages, residential neighbourhoods,…
Project Masam demining teams have cleared 3,500 landmines and explosive remnants of war across Yemen so far in March 2026, continuing efforts to reduce explosive threats and protect civilians in contaminated areas. According to the project’s latest operational figures covering 1–20 March 2026, the items removed include: 12 anti-personnel mines, 242 anti-tank mines, 3,233 items…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and cleared 549,452 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 20 March 2026. The total clearance includes 7,117 anti-personnel mines, 150,682 anti-tank mines, 383,235 items of unexploded…
A recent report by the Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms has highlighted the continued use of landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) against women in civilian environments, describing the overall scale of violations in Yemen as “alarming.” According to the report, 5,834 violations against women were documented between January 2017 and the end of…
Project Masam demining teams have cleared 2,171 landmines and explosive remnants of war across Yemen so far in March 2026, continuing efforts to reduce explosive threats and protect civilians in contaminated areas. According to the project’s latest operational figures covering 1-13 March 2026, the items removed include six anti-personnel mines, 42 anti-tank mines, 2,117 items…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and cleared 548,123 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 13 March 2026. The total clearance includes 7,111 anti-personnel mines, 150,482 anti-tank mines, 382,119 items of unexploded…
Emergency response teams from Project Masam, the Saudi-funded humanitarian landmine clearance initiative in Yemen, carried out a demolition operation on Thursday in the city of Mukalla, Hadhramaut Governorate. The operation was conducted in coordination with the Mukalla branch of the Yemen Executive Mine Action Center (YEMAC), during which 1,681 landmines and explosive remnants of war…
Project Masam demining teams cleared 1,263 landmines and explosive remnants of war during the first week of March 2026, continuing efforts to reduce explosive threats and protect civilians across Yemen’s liberated areas. According to the project’s operations room, the items removed between 28 February and 6 March 2026 included three anti-personnel mines, 33 anti-tank mines, and…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and cleared 547,215 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 6 March 2026. The total clearance includes 7,108 anti-personnel mines, 150,473 anti-tank mines, 381,229 items of unexploded…
