The Shabwah Governorate has seen a notable revival of its honey trade over the past two years, following the successful clearance and securing of natural pastures by Project Masam. A large governorate in south-central Yemen, stretching from the mountains of central Yemen down toward the Arabian Sea, Shabwah, has historically been a key economic and…
At the age of 70, Hussein Hadi Zain was returning to his home in the Bani Al-Zein area of Hiran District, north of Hajjah Governorate. He was riding his donkey on the same road he had used for many years after working in his fields, harvesting fruit, and gathering fodder for his livestock. On 20…
Abdu Sahili is a 16-year-old from Al-Oqda village in the Bani Hassan area of Abs District, Hajjah Governorate. Before the conflict, he helped his family by grazing livestock and working on their farmland. When Houthi forces withdrew from the area, they left behind landmines and explosive devices in farms, paths, and residential areas. The land…
The Managing Director of the Masam Landmine Clearance Project – Yemen, Ousama Algosaibi, has conducted a field visit to Midi District in Yemen’s Hajjah Governorate, where he met with the leaders of the demining teams working on mine and explosive clearance operations. The visit forms part of Project Masam’s ongoing efforts to protect civilians and…
The Masam Landmine Clearance Project – Yemen continues its humanitarian mission in Shabwah Governorate, working to protect civilians and safeguard Yemen’s cultural heritage from the threat of landmines. Project Masam’s demining teams have announced the full clearance of the archaeological city of Timna, located in the Usaylan District – the historic capital of the ancient…
As of 17 October 2025, Project Masam’s demining teams have cleared a total of 3,325 explosive devices and 805,029 square metres of land across Yemen during October 2025. These latest figures highlight the project’s ongoing nationwide operations to safeguard civilians and enable safe access to homes, roads, and vital infrastructure. During the most recent reporting…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and destroyed 519,824 explosive devices in Yemen’s liberated areas since the project began in mid-2018. Since the conflict escalated in 2014 between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias, vast areas of the country have been heavily contaminated with mines, UXO, and other remnants of…
Brigadier General Ameen Saleh Al-Aqili, Director of the Yemen Executive Mine Action Centre (YEMAC), praised Project Masam for its ongoing humanitarian work clearing landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) across Yemen. His comments came during a large demolition operation involving the destruction of a significant quantity of landmines and munitions collected by Project Masam’s…
Team 38 of the Masam Landmine Clearance Project – Yemen has discovered an anti-tank minefield near the populated village of Al-Makhazen in the Midi district, north of Hajjah Governorate, following a report from a local resident. Community reports have become an increasingly important part of Project Masam’s operations, as years of explosive ordnance risk education…
Demining teams from the Masam Landmine Clearance Project – Yemen have brought new hope to farmers in the Usaylan district of Shabwah Governorate, where mines planted by Houthi militias had turned fertile agricultural lands into deadly fields for years. Shabwah, like many of Yemen’s liberated governorates, has faced extensive landmine contamination due to shifting front…
