Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 574 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in March 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 574 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including four anti-personnel mines, 54 anti-tank mines and 516 UXO. The…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 434,576 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,493 anti-personnel mines, 143,675 anti-tank mines, 276,407 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,001 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 55,380,707 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
To celebrate International Women’s Day on Friday 8 March, Project Masam held a dinner in honour of the pivotal role played by women in society and their impact on social development in Yemen. The banquet was attended by a number of Their Highness the Princesses, including HRH Princess Haifa bint Faisal Al Saud, as well…
On Wednesday 6 March, Project Masam welcomed the United Nations Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen at the project’s headquarters in the de facto capital Aden. Project Masam’s demining experts shared information and research with the United Nations team, including: • The smuggling of explosives into Yemen • Houthis manufacturing their own landmines • Regional…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 2,948 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in February 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 669 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including 23 anti-personnel mines, 109 anti-tank mines and 537 UXO, bringing…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 434,002 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,489 anti-personnel mines, 143,621 anti-tank mines, 275,891 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,001 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 55,175,814 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Agricultural lands on the western coast of Yemen and the governorates of Marib, Shabwah, and Taiz are among the most landmine-affected areas in the country, where explosive devices have turned these once arable fields into barren and scorched land, displaced farmers and their families and severely impacted local economies. When Project Masam launched its humanitarian…
Young people continue to be injured and killed by landmines in Yemen’s province of Taiz, according to local reports. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic areas have been left littered with anti-personnel mines and anti-tank mines planted by Houthi militias, along with unexploded explosive remnants of war (ERW). Amal…
A civilian has been killed by a landmine explosion in northern Yemen as he was returning to the country ahead of the month of Ramadan. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic areas have been left littered with anti-personnel mines and anti-tank mines, along with unexploded explosive remnants of war (ERW).…
Civilians living on Yemen’s latest flashpoint Red Sea Coast have spoken about their fears of becoming victims of the latest surge in violence amid air strikes from both the Iran-backed Houthis and the US-UK Coalition, as they claim Houthis are also preparing for potential offensives by planting new landmines. Communities living on Yemen’s strategic West…
