Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 1,390 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in August 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 720 landmines and UXO last week, including three anti-personnel landmines, 56 anti-tank mines, 647 UXO and 14 IEDs,…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 454,688 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,559 anti-personnel mines, 144,901 anti-tank mines, 295,126 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,102 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 58,654,867 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Two civilians from the same family have been injured by a landmine left by Houthi militants in the village of Al-Sa’ila, located between Al-Shu’ub and Al-Marjim, north of Hays in Hudaydah governorate, on Yemen’s Red Sea coast. Local sources report that Ahmed Hassan Qassim and his son Ali Ahmed Hassan were en route to the…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 4,900 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in July 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 670 landmines and UXO last week, including five anti-personnel landmines, 47 anti-tank mines, 570 UXO and 21 IEDs, bringing the…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 453,968 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,556 anti-personnel mines, 144,845 anti-tank mines, 294,479 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,088 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 58,454,760 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
A new report from the Yemeni Ministry of Interior has highlighted Project Masam’s humanitarian landmine clearance efforts in Yemen, describing the work undergone to remove landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and other unexploded remnants of war as “critical”. Published on the ministry’s website on 31 July and compiled by Security Media, the translated Arabic report…
Project Masam’s deminers have removed demolished dozens of landmines, and unexploded ordnance in Jabal al-Nar, Al-Mokha district, in Yemen’s western Taiz governorate – one of Yemen’s most landmine contaminated regions. The operation, conducted by Project Masam Special Task Team, involved the bulk demolition of three Houthi-manufactured anti-tank mines, along with 23 miscellaneous mortar shells and…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 4,230 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in July 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 1,390 landmines and UXO last week, including five anti-personnel landmines, 47 anti-tank mines, 1,337 UXO and one IED.…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 453,298 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,551 anti-personnel mines, 144,771 anti-tank mines, 293,909 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,067 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 58,275,262 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
The Masam Landmine Clearance Project in Yemen is currently conducting a refresher training programme for demining teams, as well as paramedic teams, operating in the Marib sector. This programme, initiated earlier this month, aims to enhance deminers’ skills in handling a variety of landmines and advanced improvised explosive devices (IEDs). According to Project Masam’s management,…
