Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 429,590 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,449 anti-personnel mines, 142,918 anti-tank mines, 272,266 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 7,957 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 53,541,555 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 1,171 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in January 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 1,046 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including 915 UXO and 118 anti-tank mines. Since the beginning of…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 428,580 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,447 anti-personnel mines, 142,801 anti-tank mines, 271,376 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 7,947 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 53,383,707 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
After almost a decade of war on the western coast of Yemen, fears about landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) persist, as do the impact of their presence on the lives of civilians in the area. Since it started operating in the coastal city of Al-Mokha in August 2018,…
The leader of Project Masam’s demining Team 19 has announced his team has cleared 285 explosive remnants of war after moving its humanitarian landmine clearance operation to an area on Yemen’s southern coast of Bab al-Mandab. Explosive remnants of war (ERW) include anything from Houthi-planted landmines, unexploded bombs or shells, to bullets and hand grenades.…
Project Masam’s demining Team 26 has announced that it has secured 70% of an area allocated for the construction of a photovoltaic power station in Al-Jahbar, Al-Khokha District in Yemen’s western coast Al-Hudaydah Governorate. Since the war began in 2014, Yemen has experienced somewhat of a energy revolution. Indeed, faced with an electric grid shattered…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 725 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in January 2023. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 725 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including 596 UXO and 126 anti-tank mines. Since the beginning of…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 427,534 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,446 anti-personnel mines, 142,683 anti-tank mines, 270,461 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 7,944 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 52,866,740 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
As we close 2023, Project Masam’s Managing Director has reflected on the last year’s successes and has set out meaningful and achievable objectives for 2024. A humanitarian landmine clearance project, Project Masam has been working in Yemen since June 2018 to rid the country of deadly remnants of war, including landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs)…
The Yemeni Minister of State and Mayor of the capital Sana’a has praised Project Masam for its efforts to secure the lives of millions of Yemenis from the dangers of landmines and other explosive devices. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government troops and allied forces and Houthi militias and their allies escalated in 2014, liberated…
