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…
Project Masam’s deminers have destroyed 1,071 landmines, and unexploded ordnance in the Wadi Dufs area of Zinjibar in Abyan Governorate, east of Aden, Yemen’s de facto capital. Munther Qassem, Project Masam’s Special Task Team in the Aden sector, confirmed that the operation involved the detonation and destruction of 346 artillery shells and unexploded ordnance (UXO),…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have cleared 895 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 895 landmines and UXO last week, including two anti-personnel landmine, 26 anti-tank mines, 865 UXO, and two IEDs during…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 468,962 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,645 anti-personnel mines, 145,467 anti-tank mines, 308,691 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,160 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) cleared over 61,672,477 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
