Project Masam’s Managing Director Ousama Algosaibi has warned that there is still a long way to reach a mine-free Yemen, despite the project clearing over 450,000 landmines and explosive remnants of war. Since at least 2015, Houthi militias have planted landmines – conventional and improvised, or locally-manufactured, in quantities and sophistication that far exceeds reasonable…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 969 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in July 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 969 landmines and UXO last week, including one anti-personnel landmines, 47 anti-tank mines, 920 UXO and one IED.…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 450,037 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,532 anti-personnel mines, 144,649 anti-tank mines, 290,796 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,060 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 57,637,709 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
