Landmines in Yemen have an extensive history of impacting, injuring, and killing civilians. By targeting unarmed civilians’ livelihoods and displacing them, landmines continue to hamper many aspects of life in Yemen effectively leading to the economic deterioration of families and further spread of poverty. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government troops and allied forces and…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 1,552 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 768 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including two anti-personnel mines, 112 anti-tank mines and 654 UXO, bringing…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 432,606 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,460 anti-personnel mines, 143,378 anti-tank mines, 274,767 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,001 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 54,606,534 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 784 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 784 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including three anti-personnel mines, 129 anti-tank mines, 623 UXO and 29…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 431,838 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,458 anti-personnel mines, 143,266 anti-tank mines, 274,113 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,001 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 54,360,002 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
At least four civilians have been killed by landmines since the beginning of February, according to a local organisation. 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). Whilst the Houthis’ use of landmines…
Project Masam has carried out the bulk demolition of 1,275 landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Bab al-Mandab, in Dhubab District in south Yemen. The bulk demolition operation carried out by Project Masam’s Special Task force in the Bab al-Mandab area, on the western coast of Yemen, included 39 banned anti-personnel…
This week, Project Masam’s Technical Advisers in Aden, Yemen, have received an in-house Drone Pilot Training course to enhance the project’s technical survey for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) capacity. The one-week DJI Drone Basic Flight Training course should add an extra level of information for technical surveys, particularly for surface-laid IEDs, including Houthi-planted passive infrared…
Project Masam has carried out the destruction and detonation process of 368 landmines, explosive devices, and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the Dhahaba area of Ain district, Shabwah governorate. Shabwah became a battleground in 2015 between Houthi militias and army units supporting of Ali Abdullah Saleh, and army units and militias loyal to Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi,…
This week, Project Masam provided first-hand accounts from demining experts as well as investigative materials to a British TV news channel after our teams discovered, and destroyed, Yemen’s largest ever waterborne bomb, which could have been used by the Houthis to target international shipping in one of the world’s key commercial routes. Since at least 2017,…
