Residents in the Bayhan district in Shabwah governorate have described their relief after Project Masam’s demining teams cleared flood watercourses of mines washed away by heavy rains from mine-contaminated areas to their farms and roads. The district of Bayhan is western Yemen is still heavily contaminated by landmines planted extensively and indiscriminately by Houthi militias…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 2,756 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in April 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 719 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including two anti-personnel mines, 83 anti-tank mines, 631 UXO, and three IEDs, bringing…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 439,132 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,498 anti-personnel mines, 144,294 anti-tank mines, 280,314 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,026 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 55,976,747 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam’s Managing Director has warned that Yemen is experiencing a real disaster threatening the lives of civilians during a high-level summit in Switzerland, pointing to the need for the international community to understand the magnitude of the landmine catastrophe in Yemen. The managing director Ousama Algosaibi delivered his speech yesterday (2 May 2024) during…
Full speech delivered by Project Masam’s Managing Director Ousama Algosaibi during a meeting with the European Organisation of Islamic Centres at the United Nations international conference building in Geneva, Switzerland, on 2 May 2024. “I am the Managing Director of Project Masam. Kindly funded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia via the King Salman Humanitarian…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 2,037 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in April 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 797 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including one anti-personnel min, 110 anti-tank mines, 681 UXO, and five…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 438,413 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,496 anti-personnel mines, 144,211 anti-tank mines, 279,683 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,023 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 55,732,382 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam deminers have warned of the rise of a little-known threat amid Yemen’s continuing war: landmine migration during rainy season. 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. For centuries, the rainy season has…
Two civilians, including a child, were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) swept away by floods exploded in their area in Bayhan district in Shabwah governorate, southeastern Yemen. Local sources said that the victims of this IED are Ahmed Ali Al-Awadi, 14 years old, and Laith Nasser Al-Awadi, 18 years old, who sustained non-life…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 1,240 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in April 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 857 landmines and UXO last week, including 75 anti-tank mines and 782 UXO. The project’s demining teams cleared…
