Project Masam teams operating in Yemen’s Marib governorate have destroyed 2,500 landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the Al-Wady district. Engineer Muntather Al-Radfani, Deputy Director of the National Mine Action Program at the Marib office, confirmed that Project Masam demining teams working in the vicinity of Marib carried out today the…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 856 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) last week, bringing the total number of explosives that have been removed from between 1 and 21 July to 2,190. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that last week the teams removed 780…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 408,008 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,261 anti-personnel mines, 140,129 anti-tank mines, 7,847 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 253,771 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 47,997,751 sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014,…
In the Al-Suwayda camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the north of Marib, Khaled Sabr’s family is living through a nightmare: a tragic accident claimed their children’s lives. While Yemenis have suffered from the presence of legacy landmines – remnants of previous conflicts dating back to the 1960s – Yemen has since 2015 been…
Project Masam demining teams in Osilan district in Yemen’s Shabwah governorate have succeeded in securing a main road in the Al-Hima area. In a statement, Engineer Muntather Al-Radfani, Deputy Director of the Executive Center for Mine Action in Marib, confirmed that Project Masam’s Team 4 successfully secured the road in the Al-Hima area, with the…
Project Masam’s Team 10 is continuing to clear a second anti-personnel minefield in the Jandalah area of Osilan district in Yemen’s Shabwah governorate. In two months of continuous work, the team was able to secure 20% of the field’s 120,000 sqm. Team 10’s team leader confirmed that the demining team succeeded in clearing and destroying…
The leader of Project Masam’s Team 12, which works in the Al-Safra area of Osilan district in Shabwah governorate, has announced his team successfully cleared three minefields, effectively clearing a total area of 40,000 sqm. Explaining that recent successes could be explained by his team’s “high morale” and determination to rid Al-Safra of landmines, the…
The leader of Project Masam’s demining Team 9 has announced his team has removed 58 banned anti-personnel landmines in the Al-Safra area of the Osilan directorate of Shabwah Governorate in Yemen. The team is currently working in Field 1 in the mountainous Khurm al-Tha’aleb area, which is densely planted with landmines. These explosive devices continue…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 407,152 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,260 anti-personnel mines, 140,058 anti-tank mines, 7,843 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 252,991 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 47,753,315 sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014,…
Project Masam has announced it has removed 762 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive device (IEDs) last week as part of its humanitarian landmine clearance operations, bringing the total removed from the beginning of this month until the 14th of this month to 1334. In a statement, the Operations room said the weekly total clearance…
