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…
Project Masam’s Team 9 has continued its efforts to secure a second anti-personnel minefield in a camel grazing area in Usaylan district, in Yemen’s resource-rich Shabwah governorate. Because of their indiscriminate nature and humanitarian impact, anti-personnel landmines are prohibited under international humanitarian law, the 1997 Mine Ban Convention and Yemeni law. After weeks of clearance efforts,…
Project Masam has allowed 20,000 people across five areas in Yemen’s Usaylan district in Shabwah region to access electricity after electrical services were halted due to the presence of landmines in the area. Landmines are planted in Yemen in huge numbers, and these random, densely planted, and camouflaged devices, affect all vital sectors in the…
Project Masam’s Managing Director Ousama Algosaibi has said that the humanitarian landmine clearance project has carried out a total of 59 bulk demolition operations in 2023 across the country. These controlled demolitions, which follow international standards, mitigate the risk of landmines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) of falling into the wrong hands, or being repurposed…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 3,015 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in December 2023. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 719 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including 615 UXO and 102 anti-tank mines, bringing the total of…
