Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and cleared 545,952 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 27 February 2026. The total clearance includes 7,105 anti-personnel mines, 150,440 anti-tank mines, 380,002 items of unexploded…
Project Masam emergency response teams, in coordination with the Mukalla branch of the Yemen Executive Mine Action Center (YEMAC), successfully destroyed 1,681 landmines and explosive remnants of war on Thursday (26 February), in Mukalla, in Yemen’s Hadhramaut Governorate. In a statement, Project Masam’s media team reported that the destroyed items included a variety of munitions,…
Project Masam has cleared a total of 6,682 explosive items so far in February 2026, as part of its ongoing humanitarian mine action efforts to reduce explosive threats and protect civilians across Yemen’s liberated areas. The month-to-date total includes 38 anti-personnel mines, 1,325 anti-tank mines, 5,278 items of unexploded ordnance, and 41 improvised explosive devices…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and cleared 544,187 landmines and explosive threats across Yemen’s liberated areas since operations began in July 2018, according to the latest weekly report covering activities up to 20 February 2026. The cumulative clearance includes 7,092 anti-personnel mines, 150,435 anti-tank mines, 378,257 items of unexploded…
Project Masam has concluded an advanced medical training programme aimed at strengthening the readiness and safety of its field paramedics operating in mine-contaminated areas across Marib, Shabwan, and Al-Jawf governorates, in Yemen. Field paramedics play a vital role in Project Masam’s mine action operations, forming an integral part of every demining team deployed in the…
Project Masam carried out a controlled demolition of large quantities of landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and unexploded ordnance in Ain District, Shabwah Governorate. The bulk demolition operation was attended by Brigadier General Ameen Saleh Al-Aqili, Director of the Yemen Executive Mine Action Centre (YEMAC). This operation marked the culmination of field efforts by Project…
Project Masam has cleared a total of 4,006 explosive items so far in February 2026, as part of its ongoing humanitarian mine action efforts to reduce explosive threats and protect civilians across Yemen’s liberated areas. The month-to-date total includes 21 anti-personnel mines, 1,176 anti-tank mines, 2,794 items of unexploded ordnance, and 15 improvised explosive devices.…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and cleared 541,511 landmines and explosive threats across Yemen’s liberated areas since operations began in July 2018, according to the latest weekly report covering activities up to 13 February 2026. The cumulative clearance includes 7,075 anti-personnel mines, 150,286 anti-tank mines, 375,773 items of unexploded…
Project Masam has destroyed 6,141 landmines and explosive remnants of war today (Thursday 12 February) in a large-scale demolition operation carried out in the Bab Al-Mandab area of Taiz Governorate, western Yemen. The operation was implemented under the supervision and execution of the Project’s Second Special Tasks Team (STT), as part of ongoing efforts to…
Hajjah Governor Major General Abdulkarim Al-Sunaini, accompanied by Deputy Governor Sheikh Nasser Da’qeen, visited Project Masam teams operating in Midi District, in northwestern Hajjah governorate, where they continue field operations to survey and clear areas contaminated by landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW). Yemen remains one of the most heavily mined countries in the…
