The Operations Officer of the United Nations (UN) Office of Safety and Security in Yemen, Ahmed Hamadeh, has visited Project Masam’s headquarters in Marib in central Yemen. Years of conflict have left the strategic city of Marib and the surrounding region littered with unexploded ordnance, as well as tens of thousands of landmines and improvised…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 2,840 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 989 landmines and UXO last week, including five anti-personnel landmines, 46 anti-tank mines, 935 UXO and three IEDs.…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 451,908 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,546 anti-personnel mines, 144,724 anti-tank mines, 292,572 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,066 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 58,039,655 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Mayyun Organisation for Human Rights has welcomed the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief)’s decision to extend the implementation contract for the Masam Landmine Clearance Project in Yemen for another year, with funding totalling $35,998,500. In a statement on its website, Mayyun expressed deep appreciation for Project Masam’s “remarkable” humanitarian landmine clearance efforts…
The Yemeni Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism, Muammar Al-Eryani, has commended Saudi Arabia’s decision to extend the contract of the Masam Landmine Clearance Project in Yemen. In his statement on X (formerly Twitter_, Al-Eryani noted that the Kingdom has allocated $36 million to support this vital humanitarian landmine clearance initiative for an additional, seventh…
Project Masam is proud to announce the extension of its contract to rid Yemen of landmines for the seventh consecutive year. Ousama Algosaibi, Project Masam’s Managing Director, has announced the project’s contract extension for a seventh consecutive year, and thanked the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its support and desire to continue Project Masam’s humanitarian…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 1,851 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 882 landmines and UXO last week, including nine anti-personnel landmines, 29 anti-tank mines, 841 UXO and three IEDs.…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 450,919 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,541 anti-personnel mines, 144,678 anti-tank mines, 291,637 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,063 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 57,847,549 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Mine Action Advisor Charles Frisby has visited Project Masam’s headquarters as the project celebrated its success in clearing 450,000 landmines and explosive items. Frisby was received by Tony Roberts, the Operations Director at Project Masam’s Marib Office, and the project’s Deputy Administrative Director, Ahmed Bakhit. During the visit,…
Project Masam’s Managing Director Ousama Algosaibi has warned that there is still a long way to reach a mine-free Yemen, despite the project clearing over 450,000 landmines and explosive remnants of war. Since at least 2015, Houthi militias have planted landmines – conventional and improvised, or locally-manufactured, in quantities and sophistication that far exceeds reasonable…
