One of Masam’s demining teams that has been operating in Yemen’s Al Dhale Governorate has explained how his team travelled to a village to investigate reports that civilians had been severely injured by landmine explosions. The leader of Masam’s Team 18, Engineer Ahmed Al-Radfani, said his team investigated a report that five young girls had…
“People walk daily between life and death, as landmines have resulted in loss of the lives and the physical disabilities for many civilians.” These are the words Ibrahim Abdel Dayem, a resident in Dhami village, chose to use when he described living in Yemen’s Hays District. Plagued by landmines, strategic Hays links three governorates of…
Project Masam has announced its has located and destroyed 354,857 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 5,517 anti-personnel mines, 130,667 anti-tank mines, 7,451 improvised explosive devices and 211,222 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 37,488,147sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic areas have been…
They are between 28 and 47 years old, and all are attending classes with the same goal: to rid Yemen of landmines. As Project Masam continues its life-saving humanitarian mine clearance work in the conflict-afflicted country, it is also busy training the next generation of Yemeni deminers. These new mine clearance personnel recruits are on…
Project Masam deminers have warned of the rise of a little-known threat amid Yemen’s continuing war: landmine migration. A migrating landmine is a mine moved by nature from the original position it was laid in to another, without any human intervention – by water mostly, and by wind and sand. “Migration of mines is a real danger…
Project Masam teams have located, cleared or destroyed 3,432 landmines and unexploded ordnance in the last month across Yemen. Operating since mid-2018, Masam currently has 32 teams working in liberated areas across the country and conducts humanitarian clearance in accordance with priorities set by the Yemeni National Authority. Teams operating out of Masam’s Marib headquarters were clearing…
Project Masam is proud to announce it has reached a milestone of 350,000 explosive items located, removed and destroyed across Yemen, as it continues its life-saving work to protect civilians. Operating since mid-2018, Masam currently has 32 teams working in liberated areas across the country and conducts humanitarian clearance in accordance with priorities set by…
During his address during the United Nations Security Council Meeting on the situation in Yemen on 11 July 2022, H.E. Mohamed Abushahab, Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Mission to the UN discussed Masam’s demining efforts in Yemen. The high-level meeting came as Permanent Representatives called for an extension of the UN-brokered truce in Yemen –…
This week, we met with Naji Tariq Al-Mohsini, Saleh Abd Rabbo, Youssef Mazman and Mohammed Saleh – four civilians from Usailan Directorate in Shabwah Governorate – one of the most landmine contaminated areas of Yemen. These are their stories.
Project Masam is pleased to announce the renewal of its life-saving operation in Yemen for a fifth year. Through the generosity and humanitarian vision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its leadership, Project Masam will continue to clear landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IED) throughout the liberated areas of Yemen. To…
