Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 4,210 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in June 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 755 landmines and UXO last week, including 47 anti-tank mines, 707 UXO and one IED, bringing the total…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 449,068 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,537 anti-personnel mines, 144,602 anti-tank mines, 289,876 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,059 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 57,443,533 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam has cleared and demolished a large number of landmines, and explosive ordnance in the Al-Wadi District in Yemen’s strategic Marib Governorate today (29 June). Project Masam’s Operations Room announced that today’s bulk demolition operation marks the second phase of clearance of remnants of war discovered by demining Team 13 in the Samda area of…
Project Masam has carried out a refresher training programme for its demining teams working in the Marib sector. According to Project Masam’s management, the training programme includes all 16 demining teams operating in the governorates of Marib, Shabwah, and Al-Jawf. Designed to enhance the skills of deminers to deal with various landmines and new explosive…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 3,455 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in June 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 645 landmines and UXO last week, including 46 anti-tank mines, 593 UXO and six IED, bringing the total…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 448,313 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,531 anti-personnel mines, 144,555 anti-tank mines, 289,169 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,058 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 57,304,509 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam demining teams have cleared areas of landmines for the third time after Houthi militias re-planted explosive devices – even in liberated areas, the head of the project has warned. Since the beginning of the current conflict in 2015, Houthi militias have planted landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) extensively and indiscriminately across large…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 2,810 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in June 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 1,556 landmines and UXO last week, including 52 anti-tank mines, 1,503 UXO and one IED, bringing the total…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 447,668 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,537 anti-personnel mines, 144,509 anti-tank mines, 288,576 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,052 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 57,286,379 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam’s demining Team 22 has today (14 June 2024) launched an awareness campaign regarding the danger of explosive devices and remnants of war in strategic areas of Yemen’s third largest city Taiz, which has been under siege by the Houthi militias since April 2015. The siege, which opposes the Houthis to Yemeni forces, has…
