Project Masam’s deminers have destroyed 955 landmines, and unexploded ordnance in the Ghail Warka area of the Jabal Habashi district in Taiz, in central Yemen. In alignment with the global mine action sector, Project Masam’s responsibilities include the clearance, removal or destruction of landmines stockpile and explosive remnants of war. By destroying the explosive items,…
It was a call that Nasser Al-Samsom, the leader of Project Masam’s demining Team 7, was not expecting to receive. Calls made to his demining team usually follow the spotting of a landmine on a road, concerns that a metallic object could turn out to be an improvised explosive device (IED) nestled between rocks in…
Brigadier General Antony Hayward, the United Nations (UN) Special Envoy’s Military Adviser for Yemen, has visited the headquarters of the Masam Landmine Clearance Project in Marib governorate in north-central Yemen, accompanied by a UN delegation. During the visit, Hayward met with several project officials and, along with the accompanying delegation, received a brief presentation from…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have cleared 2,349 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in November 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams cleared 840 landmines and UXO last week, including 29 anti-personnel landmines, 129 anti-tank mines, and 862 UXO during the period.…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 470,416 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,677 anti-personnel mines, 145,631 anti-tank mines, 309,947 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,161 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) cleared over 62,112,356 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Civilians in Yemen are continuing to report explosive ordnance and hand over large quantities of explosive items to demining teams, highlighting the success of Masam’s awareness initiatives in raising community awareness and improving public safety. This cooperation also reflects the growing awareness among the population of the dangers posed by remnants of war and their…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have cleared 1,509 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in November 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams cleared 614 landmines and UXO last week, including three anti-personnel landmines, 36 anti-tank mines, 574 UXO and one IED during…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 469,576 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,648 anti-personnel mines, 145,502 anti-tank mines, 309,265 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,161 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) cleared over 61,862,742 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam’s media team has launched an awareness campaign aimed at the students of the Kuwait School in the al-Suweida internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Marib Governorate, a strategic province in north-central Yemen. The Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) campaign’s primary objective was to raise awareness about the dangers posed by landmines and unexploded…
Project Masam’s Team 19 has successfully cleared and secured three mine-contaminated fields between August and October 2024, covering a total area of 43,000 square metres. These minefields are located in the Sheikh Saeed area along the coast of the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, in the Dhubab district of Taiz governorate, western Yemen. The area, used…
