Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have cleared 3,758 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in October 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams cleared 720 landmines and UXO last week, including 29 anti-personnel landmine, 21 anti-tank mines, and 670 UXO during the period.…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 467,431 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,639 anti-personnel mines, 145,404 anti-tank mines, 307,230 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,158 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 61,232,240 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 27 has removed five anti-tank landmines from sheep pastures in Wadi Silah, located in the Hays district of Hudaydah governorate, in western Yemen. The team travelled to the site in response to a report from the local sheikh, who alerted the team leader to suspicions regarding the presence of mines in…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have cleared 3,038 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in October 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams cleared 829 landmines and UXO last week, including one anti-personnel landmine, 49 anti-tank mines, 777 UXO and two IEDs during…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 466,711 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,610 anti-personnel mines, 145,383 anti-tank mines, 306,560 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,158 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 60,966,325 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam’s deminers have destroyed 1,661 landmines, and unexploded ordnance in the Wadi Dufs area of Zinjibar in Abyan Governorate, east of Aden, Yemen’s de facto capital. Deminer Yasar Salem, a member of Project Masam’s Special Task Team in the Aden sector, confirmed his team successfully demolished 441 shells and unexploded ordnance (UXO), 1,214 armour-piercing…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have cleared 2,209 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in October 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams cleared 630 landmines and UXO last week, including three anti-personnel landmines, 28 anti-tank mines, 598 UXO and one IED…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 465,882 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,609 anti-personnel mines, 145,334 anti-tank mines, 305,783 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,156 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 60,781,715 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
The Masam Landmine Clearance Project – Yemen has carried out a bulk demolition of a large quantity of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXOs) in the Al-Rayyan area of Khabb wa ash Sha’af District in Al-Jawf governorate, northeast of Yemen. Since April 2020, much of A-Jawf, a prominent hotbed of Houthi landmine contamination, has been under…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 1,579 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in October 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the demining teams removed 1,579 landmines and UXO last week, including five anti-personnel landmines, 126 anti-tank mines, 1,442 UXO and six…
