Project Masam continues to welcome local reports of potential minefields in new areas, which invariably contribute to helping its humanitarian landmine clearance operations across Yemen. Engineer Adib Rajab, Deputy Team Leader of Masam’s Special Task Team, said that Project Masam is quick to respond to any report of suspicious devices, as it has the capacity…
Adel Ghanem, chief of operations of the 17th Southern Giants Brigades in Yemen’s Bab al-Mandeb, has said that Project Masam was fast to intervene after the discovery of landmines and explosive devices in the area. One of Project Masam’s teams working in Bab al-Mandeb and the West Coast immediately responded to the report and dispatched…
Engineer Khaled Hussein, Leader of Project Masam’s Team 19, told how his team had received a report of the presence of remnants of war in the Bab al-Mandab area and that this emergency humanitarian operation led to the removal of 990 mines, explosive devices, and unexploded ordnance. Hussein said that his team moved immediately after…
A father has told how his son was left with emotional and psychological trauma after he was involved in a landmine accident in Bayhan district in Yemen’s Shabwah Governorate. Hussein Nasser Al-Abab told Project Masam how his son was heading to a hill with a friend when they detonated a landmines. Here is his story.
One of Project Masam’s teams has cleared 39 minefields in a heavily contaminated area of Yemen’s Shabwah province. Engineer Ali Abdullah al-Rimi, Leader of Team 9, which operates in Osilan district, said that his team has so far cleared 39 minefields, including fields of anti-tank and anti-personnel landmines, and other fields planted almost exclusively with…
Project Masam destroyed thousands of landmines and explosive items despite challenging circumstances, according to Engineer Adib Rajab, Deputy Team Leader of Project Masam’s Special Task Team. Rajab said that Project Masam destroyed 1,526 mines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices that posed a threat to civilian lives in several Yemeni regions. The deputy team leader indicated…
Project Masam has successfully removed and destroyed 622 landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and various unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Yemen’s Murrah area of Ataq district in Shabwah. The Technical Survey Team leader Engineer Hussein Alaqili, confirmed the destruction and detonation of 622 mines and UXO, which included 600 UXO, 20 anti-tank mines, and two naval mines…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 373,894 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 5,892 anti-personnel mines, 134,632 anti-tank mines, 7,632 improvised explosive devices and 225,738 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 41,039,283sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic areas have been left littered with Houthi anti-personnel mines and anti-tank mines, along with unexploded remnants…
Local villagers in Yemen’s Usaylan district have described how life returned to normal after Project Masam cleared their areas of landmines. Hussein Saleh Mubarak, a resident of Usaylan district, expressed his happiness and thanked Project Masam, which allowed the residents of his area to safely restore the water wells designated for drinking and agriculture after…
