As 2025 comes to an end, Project Masam concludes a year of sustained humanitarian mine action across Yemen’s liberated areas, marked by operational continuity, expanding community engagement, and growing documentation of the human impact of explosive violence. By late December, Masam demining teams had located and cleared a cumulative total of 529,951 explosive devices since…
Project Masam has cleared 3,491 explosive items across Yemen so far in December 2025, as part of its nationwide mission to remove landmines and explosive remnants of war from liberated areas, according to the latest weekly project data. This month-to-date total includes 3,188 pieces of unexploded ordnance (UXO), 276 anti-tank mines, ten anti-personnel mines, and…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and cleared 529,951 explosive devices across Yemen’s liberated areas since operations began in July 2018, according to the latest weekly project report covering activities up to 26 December 2025. This cumulative clearance includes 7,002 anti-personnel mines, 148,741 anti-tank mines, 365,862 items of unexploded ordnance…
The Cultural Center at the Embassy of the Republic of Yemen in Egypt has hosted a book signing and discussion event for the book The Landmines of Happy Yemen: Witnessing War on the Front Lines of Hell by journalist Hussein Al-Badawi, published by Dar Al-Ain. The 333-page book documents the author’s experiences and reporting from…
Landmines remain a persistent threat to civilians in Yemen, continuing to cause serious injuries long after frontlines have shifted. In rural areas, everyday activities such as farming and collecting firewood still carry life-altering risks. Forty-year-old Fatima Hirani was injured while collecting firewood near her village in Hiran District, north of Hajjah Governorate. The task was…
Project Masam has cleared 2,656 explosive items across Yemen so far in December 2025, as part of its nationwide mission to remove landmines and explosive remnants of war from liberated areas, according to the latest weekly project data. This month-to-date total includes 2,443 pieces of unexploded ordnance (UXO), 192 anti-tank mines, eight anti-personnel mines, and…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and cleared 529,116 explosive devices across Yemen’s liberated areas since operations began in July 2018, according to the latest weekly project report covering activities up to 19 December 2025. This cumulative clearance includes 7,000 anti-personnel mines, 148,657 anti-tank mines, 365,117 items of unexploded ordnance…
International Human Solidarity Day is a moment to reflect on what it means to stand together with people facing profound and ongoing danger. In Yemen, solidarity becomes tangible through our work on the ground, as demining teams clear land contaminated by landmines, unexploded ordnance, and improvised explosive devices, allowing families to move safely, farmers to…
Taha Atin, a 19-year-old from Al-Atna village in Haradh district, Hajjah Governorate, was injured by an anti-personnel landmine while herding sheep on farmland near his community. Before the incident, Taha supported his family despite living with a physical disability. He travelled regularly by motorcycle to markets in Hiran district to earn an income. Taha told…
On International Migrants Day, Project Masam has drawn attention to the growing scale of displacement worldwide, particularly in Yemen, and the need to ensure protection for people forced to leave their homes. Marking the day, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres stated, “Let us stand together for the rights of every migrant, and make migration dignified…
