Project Masam clears 808 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and improvised explosive devices

Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have cleared 808 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in December 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams cleared 808 landmines and UXO last week, including four anti-personnel landmines, 65 anti-tank mines, 731 UXO, and eight IEDs during…

Project Masam clears 471,842 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 471,842 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,682 anti-personnel mines, 145,719 anti-tank mines, 311,272 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,169 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) cleared over 62,593,605 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…

Project Masam demolishes 1,359 landmines, and unexploded ordnance in Yemen’s Abyan

Project Masam’s deminers have destroyed 1,359 landmines, and unexploded ordnance in the Wadi Dufs area of Zinjibar in Abyan Governorate, east of Aden, Yemen’s de facto capital. 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…

Project Masam MD welcomes praise from GCC leaders for project’s landmine clearance efforts in Yemen

Ousama Algosaibi, the Managing Director of the ‘Masam’ Landmine Clearance Project – Yemen, has thanked the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries following commendatory remarks made about the project’s humanitarian landmine clearance operations in Yemen. A Saudi-funded multi-national humanitarian landmine clearance project working in liberated areas of Yemen, Project Masam announced the extension of its contract…

Project Masam clears 2,967 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and improvised explosive devices

Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have cleared 2,967 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in November 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams cleared 618 landmines and UXO last week, including one anti-personnel landmine, 23 anti-tank mines, and 594 UXO during the period. This brings…

Project Masam clears 471,034 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 471,034 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,678 anti-personnel mines, 145,654 anti-tank mines, 310,541 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,161 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) cleared over 62,389,146 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…