Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and destroyed 518,633 explosive devices in Yemen’s liberated areas since the project began in mid-2018. Since the conflict escalated in 2014 between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias, vast areas of the country have been heavily contaminated with mines, UXO, and other remnants of…
Chief of Staff of the Fifth Military Region, Brigadier Abdu Sulaiman, conducted a field visit to the Project Masam teams operating in the Midi district of Hajjah Governorate. The teams continue their vital humanitarian landmine clearance mission to clear landmines and protect civilians and displaced families from their deadly threat. Midi, located on Yemen’s northwest…
Project Masam’s demining Team 17 has successfully secured a grazing area in Al-Seiman village, Dhubab district, Taiz Governorate. The team cleared two mine-contaminated fields and removed two anti-tank mines, making safe an area of 35,000 square metres. Team Leader Hassan Al-Jahuri explained that Houthi militias had heavily mined the area to obstruct the movement of…
As of 3 October 2025, Project Masam’s demining teams have cleared a total of 5,495 explosive devices and 1,421,678 square metres of land across Yemen during September 2025. These latest figures highlight the project’s ongoing nationwide operations to safeguard civilians and enable safe access to homes, roads, and vital infrastructure. During the most recent reporting…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and destroyed 517,818 explosive devices in Yemen’s liberated areas since the project began in mid-2018. Since the conflict escalated in 2014 between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias, vast areas of the country have been heavily contaminated with mines, UXO, and other remnants of…
Project Masam’s Team 35 has successfully cleared four anti-personnel mines and unexploded ordnance during clearance operations near the electricity distribution building, east of the Midi district in Yemen’s Hajjah Governorate. Midi district, located on Yemen’s Red Sea coast, has seen extensive contamination with landmines and explosive devices, heavily affecting infrastructure and preventing civilians from returning…
Project Masam’s Team 37 has successfully cleared several anti-tank mines during humanitarian operations east of the post office in Midi District. This work is part of the project’s ongoing mission to protect civilians from the dangers of mines and explosives planted by the Houthi militia, which have endangered lives and disrupted the daily activities of…
Project Masam has carried out an operation on Thursday (2 October) to demolish 3,977 Houthi landmines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices in the Bab al-Mandab area of Taiz Governorate, western Yemen. The operation was supervised and executed by the Project’s Special Task Team 2, as part of Project Masam’s ongoing efforts to clear Yemeni land…
Project Masam’s demining Team 38 has successfully dismantled and cleared four anti-personnel landmines in the Midi district of Hajjah governorate, northern Yemen. The announcement was made by the team leader, Saif al-Mashmari, who explained that the mines had been planted by Houthi forces in agricultural and vital areas north of the district. Al-Mashmari stated that…
Yemen’s long conflict has left a trail of devastation that reaches far beyond the front lines. Roads, markets and entire farming regions remain scarred by landmines and unexploded ordnance. For millions of Yemeni families, the consequences are measured not only in lives lost or injuries suffered, but in empty fields, soaring prices and daily struggles…
