Hajjah Governor Major General Abdulkarim Al-Sinini has praised Project Masam’s humanitarian mine-action work during a visit to the project’s headquarters in Midi, northern Hajjah on Saturday (7 November 2026).
Project Masam began clearance operations in Midi on 7 September 2025, following a month-long field survey, expanding its humanitarian Mine Action work into one of Hajjah’s most heavily contaminated districts. Today, teams continue clearance, emergency response, non-technical survey and Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) around Midi, including operations near water infrastructure and within known minefields, while adapting deployments to significant security constraints.
Al-Sinini thanked the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its support to the Yemeni people and highlighted the work carried out by Project Masam teams to reduce the threat posed by landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance (UXO).
“We have witnessed the significant efforts and sacrifices made by Project Masam personnel in Yemen to clear areas contaminated by landmines, IEDs and unexploded ordnance,” he said. “This work is vital to protecting civilian lives and reducing the risks explosive hazards pose to local communities.”
The Governor visited the Midi headquarters on Saturday accompanied by Hajjah Deputy Governor Nasser Daqin and Midi District Director Brigadier General Ali Siraj. During the visit, the delegation received a briefing on Project Masam’s operations across Hajjah from Deputy Managing Director Retief Horn, Operations Director Tony Robert and technical expert Fawaz Al-Zahrani.
The briefing covered the progress of clearance operations, the technical and operational challenges facing teams in the governorate, and the measures being taken to maintain safe and effective humanitarian Mine Action activities.
The delegation later visited an operational site where Project Masam Team 36 is carrying out clearance work. The team leader briefed officials on activities completed since deployment and the explosive hazards identified in the area. Al-Sinini and the delegation also visited Team 39, where the deputy team leader explained the contamination affecting the site, the risks involved and the technical approach being used to address them.
The visit provided the delegation with a first-hand view of Project Masam’s ongoing work in Midi, where teams continue clearance, emergency-response, non-technical survey and risk-education activities despite a challenging security environment.
At the end of the visit, the Governor inspected the Midi Hospital building, which was destroyed during the conflict.
