Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and cleared 544,187 landmines and explosive threats across Yemen’s liberated areas since operations began in July 2018, according to the latest weekly report covering activities up to 20 February 2026. The cumulative clearance includes 7,092 anti-personnel mines, 150,435 anti-tank mines, 378,257 items of unexploded…
Project Masam has concluded an advanced medical training programme aimed at strengthening the readiness and safety of its field paramedics operating in mine-contaminated areas across Marib, Shabwan, and Al-Jawf governorates, in Yemen. Field paramedics play a vital role in Project Masam’s mine action operations, forming an integral part of every demining team deployed in the…
Project Masam carried out a controlled demolition of large quantities of landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and unexploded ordnance in Ain District, Shabwah Governorate. The bulk demolition operation was attended by Brigadier General Ameen Saleh Al-Aqili, Director of the Yemen Executive Mine Action Centre (YEMAC). This operation marked the culmination of field efforts by Project…
Project Masam has cleared a total of 4,006 explosive items so far in February 2026, as part of its ongoing humanitarian mine action efforts to reduce explosive threats and protect civilians across Yemen’s liberated areas. The month-to-date total includes 21 anti-personnel mines, 1,176 anti-tank mines, 2,794 items of unexploded ordnance, and 15 improvised explosive devices.…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and cleared 541,511 landmines and explosive threats across Yemen’s liberated areas since operations began in July 2018, according to the latest weekly report covering activities up to 13 February 2026. The cumulative clearance includes 7,075 anti-personnel mines, 150,286 anti-tank mines, 375,773 items of unexploded…
Project Masam has destroyed 6,141 landmines and explosive remnants of war today (Thursday 12 February) in a large-scale demolition operation carried out in the Bab Al-Mandab area of Taiz Governorate, western Yemen. The operation was implemented under the supervision and execution of the Project’s Second Special Tasks Team (STT), as part of ongoing efforts to…
Hajjah Governor Major General Abdulkarim Al-Sunaini, accompanied by Deputy Governor Sheikh Nasser Da’qeen, visited Project Masam teams operating in Midi District, in northwestern Hajjah governorate, where they continue field operations to survey and clear areas contaminated by landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW). Yemen remains one of the most heavily mined countries in the…
Landmine clearance efforts in Yemen are helping pave the way for displaced families to return home, Hajjah Governor Major General Abdulkarim Al Sunaini said during a visit to the headquarters of Project Masam in the Midi District in northwest Yemen on Saturday. Major General Al Sunaini met with Ousama Algosaibi, Project Masam’s Managing Director, where…
Project Masam has cleared a total of 3,166 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and improvised explosive devices during the first week of February 2026, as part of its ongoing humanitarian mine action operations across Yemen’s liberated areas. The weekly total includes five anti-personnel mines, 1,027 anti-tank mines, and 2,134 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO). No improvised explosive…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and cleared 540,671 landmines and explosive threats across Yemen’s liberated areas since operations began in July 2018, according to the latest weekly report covering activities up to 6 February 2026. The cumulative clearance includes 7,059 anti personnel mines, 150,137 anti tank mines, 375,113 items…
