Engineer Sami Said, the leader of Project Masam’s Team 26 has pointed out that his team has worked in the liberated districts of Al-Hodeidah governorate in addition to its main work in Khawkhah and Hays. According to Said, Al-Hodeidah – an agricultural, grazing, and fishing area – suffered a lot from the ravages of landmines…
Project Masam’s operations room has announced that last week, the project teams have removed 1,269 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices last week, bringing the total number of explosives removed in February to 2,656. In its statement, Project Masam said that the project teams have removed 1,104 unexploded ordnance (UXO) since the beginning of the…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 387,551 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,055 anti-personnel mines, 136,584 anti-tank mines, 7,727 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 237,185 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 44,357,070sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic…
Aml Ahmed, a young Yemeni woman from Matar district in Taiz, was full of hope and happiness. She had a dream to complete her university education while she was preparing for her wedding. Like many young woman, Aml always dreamed of the day she would get married. It took one incident to shatter her dreams.…
Project Masam has destroyed 1,157 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and explosive devices (IEDs) in Yemen’s West Coast. Deputy leader of Masam Special Task Team on the Western Coast, Engineer Adib Rajab said that his team destroyed 312 anti-tank mines, 480 UXO, 332 various fuses, 20 anti-personnel mines, and 13 improvised explosive devices. Rajab pointed out…
Two children were killed and another one was injured on Tuesday evening (February 14), when an anti-tank mine, planted by the Houthi militia, exploded in Al-Raba’ Al-Hadrami area, east of Hays district, Al-Hodeidah governorate. In a statement, the leader of Project Masam’s Team 25, engineer Ayman Jawas, confirmed that the two children Mufeed Muhammad Zarah…
Project Masam’s operations room has announced that last week, the project teams have removed 1,387 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices last week, bringing the total number of explosives removed in February to 5,290. In its statement, Project Masam said that the project teams have removed 1,087 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 49 improvised explosive device…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 386,282 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,051 anti-personnel mines, 136,423 anti-tank mines, 7,727 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 236,081 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 44,122,922sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic…
The director of the Yemen Executive Mine Action Center (YEMAC) has claimed that Project Masam is one of the most successful humanitarian landmine clearance projects working in Yemen. Brigadier General Ameen Al-Aqili was part of a high-level meeting held between the Project Masam’s Managing Director Ousama Algosaibi, and the leaders of the engineering teams in…
The director of the National Mine Action Program in Aden has commended Project Masam for its success in its humanitarian mine action fieldwork, highlighting Masam’s demining teams’ continuous training and qualifications periodically undertaken under Masam’s experts. Launched by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in June 2018, Project Masam works in coordination and partnership with Yemen…
