Marib: Masam’s Team 11 clears hundreds of landmines in one month

One of Project Masam’s 32 demining teams has cleared and removed hundreds of anti-tank mines and anti-personnel mines in one location in Marib Province during the month of October.  Since Yemen’s civil was began in 2014, Houthi militias have planted land and seamines across the war-torn country. Civilian communities in Yemen are direct victims of these explosive items.   Masam…

Project Masam clears 1,565 explosive items in just one week

Project Masam has announced it has located, cleared and destroyed 1,565 dangerous explosive items between 06 November and 12 November 2021 in Yemen. Since Yemen’s civil was began in 2014, Houthi militias have planted land and seamines across the war-torn country. Civilian communities in Yemen are direct victims of these explosive items. More than five million…

Masam demolishes 1,073 mines and unexploded ordnance in Bab al-Mandab

On 4 November 2021, Project Masam carried out a bulk demolition of 1,073 explosive items including 109 anti-tank mines, 33 anti-personnel mines, five improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 926 unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Bab al-Mandab on Yemen’s western coast. In alignment with the global mine action sector, Project Masam’s responsibilities include the clearance, removal or…

Yemen: When landmines become a currency

Last week, two Masam teams were separately contacted by locals, who asked if they could hand in landmines that they had found in their villages in Yemen’s central Provinces of Marib and Shabwah, respectively. Both provinces have been central frontlines in the conflict between Houthi militias and pro-government forces and have been littered with landmines and other remnants of…

Nazmi Musleh’s story

Nazmi Musleh, a local resident from the Karsh district in Yemen’s southern power keg Lahj Province has described life amongst Houthi landmines. Since the break out of the war, the Karsh frontline has been the scene of intense fighting between the Yemeni government forces and Houthi-backed militias. According to Project Masam, Houthis have used landmines…

Masam clears 278,601 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced its has located and destroyed 278,601 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 4,118 anti-personnel mines, 91,715 anti-tank mines, 6,099 improvised explosive devices and 176,669 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 26,942,387sqm of land since mid-2018. Last week (25 September – 01 October 2021) alone, Project Masam deminers removed 1,541 deadly items,…

Masam continues to clear Ataq Airport in humanitarian response

Project Masam continues to clear areas of strategic humanitarian importance such as airports and roads. Colonel Mubarak Salem Ali Siod, Commander of the Air Police Battalion at Ataq Airport in Shabwah Governorate requested immediate help from Project Masam to clear Unexploded Ordnance (UXO), Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) and landmines left behind at Ataq Airport…