Project Masam clears 4,852 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and improvised explosive devices

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As of 25 July 2025, Project Masam has cleared a total of 4,852 explosive devices and 723,609 square metres of land across Yemen during the month of July alone.

These results reflect the project’s sustained and expanding efforts across multiple governorates, with a continued focus on securing civilian zones, particularly homes, roads, and essential infrastructure.

During the most recent reporting week (19 – 25 July 2025), Project Masam demining teams removed 1,151 explosive devices. These included four anti-personnel mines, 49 anti-tank mines, 1,093 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO), and five improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Operations during this period cleared 186,051 square metres of land.

The previous week (12 – 18 July 2025) saw the removal of 971 explosive devices, including one anti-personnel mine, 78 anti-tank mines, 891 UXO, and one IED. Clearance efforts during that week covered 169,910 square metres.

In the week before that (5 – 11 July 2025), teams removed 1,171 explosive devices, including one anti-personnel mine, forty-six anti-tank mines, and 1,124 UXO. No IEDs were reported that week, but teams successfully cleared 191,469 square metres of land.

These high-output weeks followed an earlier reporting period from 28 June to 4 July 2025, in which teams cleared 1,559 explosive devices, including one anti-personnel mine, 45 anti-tank mines, and 1,513 UXO, while covering 176,179 square metres.

Since the project’s launch in mid-2018, Project Masam has cleared 507,588 explosive devices in Yemen. This total includes 6,827 anti-personnel mines, 146,957 anti-tank mines, 345,554 items of UXO, and 8,250 IEDs. To date, more than 68.6 million square metres of land have been made safe through Project Masam’s clearance operations.

Project Masam remains firmly committed to its humanitarian mission: working to protect lives, restore access, and enable the safe return of displaced communities by clearing explosive hazards from Yemen’s liberated regions.

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