On Thursday morning, Project Masam carried out a large-scale demolition operation in the city of Mukalla in Yemen’s Hadhramaut Governorate, safely disposing of 5,754 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and other explosive devices. The operation forms part of the project’s ongoing humanitarian efforts to protect civilian lives and clear residential areas and civilian infrastructure of explosive hazards.…
Project Masam, in coordination with the National Mine Action Programme and the Yemen Executive Mine Action Centre (YEMAC) branch in Hadhramaut Governorate, successfully destroyed 636 explosive devices in the city of Mukalla as part of its ongoing humanitarian mine action operations. The demolition operation targeted explosive remnants of war that pose a direct threat to civilians across liberated…
Project Masam cleared 837 explosive items during the week of 10-16 January 2026, as part of its ongoing humanitarian mine action efforts to reduce explosive threats and protect civilians across Yemen’s liberated areas. The items removed during the reporting period included one anti-personnel mine, 104 anti-tank mines, 729 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO), and three…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and cleared 532,705 explosive devices across Yemen’s liberated areas since operations began in July 2018, according to the latest weekly project report covering activities up to 16 January 2026. This cumulative clearance includes 7,011 anti-personnel mines, 149,965 anti-tank mines, 368,377 items of unexploded ordnance…
Across Yemen, uncertainty continues to shape daily life. Shifts in leadership and dynamics, escalating complex emergency, and deepening funding constraints have placed additional strain on an already fragile humanitarian environment. The United Nations this week warned that reduced resources are pushing essential services closer to breaking point, even as civilian needs remain acute. In this…
Project Masam cleared 1,181 explosive items during the first full week of January 2026, as part of its ongoing humanitarian mine action efforts to reduce explosive threats and protect civilians across Yemen’s liberated areas. The items removed between 3 January and 9 January 2026 included four anti-personnel mines, 61 anti-tank mines, 1,114 items of unexploded…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and cleared 531,868 explosive devices across Yemen’s liberated areas since operations began in July 2018, according to the latest weekly project report covering activities up to 9 January 2026. This cumulative clearance includes 7,010 anti-personnel mines, 148,861 anti-tank mines, 367,648 items of unexploded ordnance…
Project Masam cleared 736 explosive items during the first week of January 2026, as part of its ongoing humanitarian mine action efforts to reduce explosive threats and protect civilians across Yemen’s liberated areas, according to the latest weekly project data. The items removed between 27 December 2025 and 2 January 2026 included four anti-personnel mines,…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and cleared 530,687 explosive devices across Yemen’s liberated areas since operations began in July 2018, according to the latest weekly project report covering activities up to 2 January 2026. This cumulative clearance includes 7,006 anti-personnel mines, 148,800 anti-tank mines, 366,534 items of unexploded ordnance…
As 2025 comes to an end, Project Masam concludes a year of sustained humanitarian mine action across Yemen’s liberated areas, marked by operational continuity, expanding community engagement, and growing documentation of the human impact of explosive violence. By late December, Masam demining teams had located and cleared a cumulative total of 529,951 explosive devices since…
