Project Masam has carried out the bulk demolition of 1,149 landmines, explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Bab al-Mandab, in Yemen’s southern Taiz Governorate. The demolition operation, which was carried out by Project Masam’s Special Task Team, included 132 anti-tank mines, 993 UXO, in addition to 12 anti-personnel mines, and 12 IEDs. In…
Project Masam’s Team 20 has removed two anti-tank mines that were planted on a road leading to a water well in the Al-Maraweed area, Hays district in Yemen’s Al-Hudaydah governorate. In an statement, the team leader said that the mines were planted on a road used daily by children who fetch water from the well…
Project Masam’s Team 26 has announced that it has defused an explosive device in the vicinity of civilian homes in Wadi Al-Akbar, Al-Khawkhah district in Al-Hodeidah governorate. In a statement, the leader of Team 26 said that the improvised explosive device (IED), which had been manufactured by the Houthis, posed a threat to the lives…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 2,935 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in August 2023. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that last week the teams managed to remove two anti-personnel mines, 113 anti-tank mines, 738 UXO and 14 IEDs, bringing the total cleared so…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 411,568 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,287 anti-personnel mines, 140,623 anti-tank mines, 7,877 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 256,781unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 48,738,891 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014,…
The Faculty of Sharia and Law of the University of Saba Region in the eastern Yemeni governorate of Marib Governorate has awarded Project Masam with a Shield of Loyalty in recognition of its mine clearance work in the region. On Thursday (17 August), lawyer Assem Khamis, Chairman of the Preparatory Committee of the Law Ambassadors…
Like every child in the world, seven-year-old Ahmed Salem Salahum eagerly waited for the morning to play. He loved spending time with his classmates and friends in his village after returning from school. But young Ahmed also used to hear warnings from his parents and teachers in the classroom about landmines. With anxious-ridden faces, they…
A delegation of the United Nations (UN) Mission to support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) has visited Project Masam teams working in the liberated areas of Hudaydah Governorate. During the visit on Saturday (12 August), the international delegation was represented by expert Leon Visagi Lou, assistant Iveta Havaikova, and political affairs coordinator Muhammad Ismail Khan. The…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 2,068 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during the month of August so far. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that last week the teams managed to remove two anti-personnel mines, 112 anti-tank mines, 926 UXO and 15 IEDs, bringing…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 410,701 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,285 anti-personnel mines, 140,510 anti-tank mines, 7,863 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 256,043 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 48,738,891 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
