Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 969 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 969 landmines and UXO last week, including one anti-personnel landmines, 47 anti-tank mines, 920 UXO and one IED.…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 450,037 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,532 anti-personnel mines, 144,649 anti-tank mines, 290,796 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,060 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 57,637,709 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam has conducted a refresher training for field teams operating in Aden and the West Coast. The training programme encompassed all 18 demining teams active in the governorates of the governorates of Aden, Lahj, Taiz, Hudaydah, and Abyan. The refresher began at the end of June 2024, focusing initially on demining Teams 24 and…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 4,210 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in June 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 755 landmines and UXO last week, including 47 anti-tank mines, 707 UXO and one IED, bringing the total…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 449,068 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,537 anti-personnel mines, 144,602 anti-tank mines, 289,876 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,059 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 57,443,533 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam has cleared and demolished a large number of landmines, and explosive ordnance in the Al-Wadi District in Yemen’s strategic Marib Governorate today (29 June). Project Masam’s Operations Room announced that today’s bulk demolition operation marks the second phase of clearance of remnants of war discovered by demining Team 13 in the Samda area of…
Project Masam has carried out a refresher training programme for its demining teams working in the Marib sector. According to Project Masam’s management, the training programme includes all 16 demining teams operating in the governorates of Marib, Shabwah, and Al-Jawf. Designed to enhance the skills of deminers to deal with various landmines and new explosive…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 3,455 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in June 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 645 landmines and UXO last week, including 46 anti-tank mines, 593 UXO and six IED, bringing the total…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 448,313 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,531 anti-personnel mines, 144,555 anti-tank mines, 289,169 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,058 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 57,304,509 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam demining teams have cleared areas of landmines for the third time after Houthi militias re-planted explosive devices – even in liberated areas, the head of the project has warned. Since the beginning of the current conflict in 2015, Houthi militias have planted landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) extensively and indiscriminately across large…
