Project Masam has announced today it has successfully demolished 772 landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Yemen’s southern Bab al-Mandab area. The mine clearance operation was carried out by Project Masam’s demining Team 19, and included 13 anti-tank mines, 28 miscellaneous shells, two anti-personnel mines, 129 assorted fuses, 596 rounds, three…
In its latest session, the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), has praised the efforts of Project Masam in Yemen. The Ministerial Council of the GCC held its 161th session on Sunday 9 June 2024, in Doha, Qatar, under the chairmanship of His Excellency Sheikh…
Project Masam’s deminers have removed demolished anti-tank mines on the coast of the Bab al-Mandab Strait in the Al-Ardi area of Dhubab district, west of Yemen’s Taiz governorate. The leader of demining Team 19, Engineer Khaled Daoud, stated that at least four mines were discovered during an operation to secure the coast of the strategic…
Project Masam has announced today it has successfully demolished 602 landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Yemen’s southern Abyan region. The bulk destruction operation was carried out on 9 June by Project Masam’s Special Task Team 1 in the Dofas area of Abyan governorate, and included two anti-personnel mines, three anti-tank…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 1,254 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 1,254 landmines and UXO last week, including one anti-personnel landmines, 18 anti-tank mines, 1,232 UXO and three IEDs.…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 446,112 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,537 anti-personnel mines, 144,457 anti-tank mines, 287,073 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,051 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 56,881,560 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
As Project Masam nears the end of its sixth year operating in Yemen, we take a look back at its recent achievements and awards. Launched in mid-June 2018 in Yemen liberated areas, Project Masam’s 32 demining teams have so far cleared 444,858 deadly items, including 6,530 anti-personnel landmines, 144,439 anti-tank landmines, 285,841 unexploded ordnance (UXO)…
Project Masam has announced today it has successfully demolished 659 landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Yemen’s southern Bab al-Mandab area. The bulk destruction operation was carried out by Project Masam’s Special Task Force, and included six anti-tank landmines, nine banned anti-personnel mines, 23 shells, four IEDs, 429 miscellaneous rounds, and…
The Human Rights Office in Yemen’s Marib region today has held the first forum to support and advocate for landmine victims in partnership with Hemaya Organization for Civil Orientation (HOCO), and sponsored by Project Masam. Landmines and improvised explosive devices continue to pose life-threatening risks to millions of civilians in a number of mine-affected Yemeni…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 5,726 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in May 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 1,406 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including ten anti-personnel mines, 68 anti-tank mines, 1,326 UXO and two…
