Project Masam’s Managing Director Ousama Algosaibi, has received a high-level military delegation at the project’s headquarters in the Midi district of Hajjah Governorate today (27 November). Since the project launched operations in the Midi district in September 2025, the teams have cleared 5,649 landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and unexploded ordnance, clearing an area of…
Project Masam has carried out a demolition operation on Wednesday (26 November), destroying 7,175 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and other explosive threats in Wadi Dofas, located in Zinjibar district, in Yemen’s Abyan Governorate. The bulk demolition was conducted by Special Task Team 1, as part of the project’s ongoing nationwide work to remove landmines, improvised…
The Honey Festival in Ataq, Shabwa Governorate, has become a clear indicator of how humanitarian mine clearance supports economic recovery in liberated areas. The event reflects the progress made in restoring safe access to agricultural and pastoral land following extensive clearance operations carried out by Project Masam. For years, landmines and other explosive remnants of…
On 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Project Masam stands with Yemeni women and girls living under the shadow of explosive violence. In Yemen’s long conflict, landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance (UXO) scar the soil, and magnify the risks of gender-based violence, cut women off from…
Project Masam has announced that its teams cleared 3,765 explosive items during the first 28 days of November 2025 (1-28 November), as part of its ongoing mission to remove landmines and explosive remnants of war from Yemen’s liberated areas. According to the Media Office, the November total so far includes 3,208 items of unexploded ordnance,…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and destroyed 525,499 explosive devices across Yemen’s liberated areas since the launch of operations in June 2018. The cumulative total includes 6,986 anti-personnel mines, 148,373 anti-tank mines, 361,812 items of unexploded ordnance, and 8,328 improvised explosive devices. Through these efforts, 73,658,473 square metres of…
Project Masam has carried out a major bulk demolition operation in the Bab al-Mandeb area of Taiz Governorate, safely destroying 4,100 mines, explosive devices, and other remnants of war as part of its continued efforts to reduce explosive hazards along Yemen’s western coast. The operation, conducted by Special Task Team 2, followed extensive survey and…
The Al-Jawf National Council held a political symposium titled “Yemen and Saudi Arabia: From Security to Strategic Partnership” bringing together officials, specialists and local leaders to discuss Saudi Arabia’s development interventions in Yemen and the wider impact of bilateral cooperation on stability in the region. The programme included three working papers, one of which focused…
A delegation from the Project Masam Landmine Clearance Project – Yemen conducted a field visit to demining teams operating in the Midi District of northwestern Hajjah Governorate, assessing progress in survey and clearance operations in areas heavily contaminated with landmines and explosive remnants of war. According to a statement issued by Project Masam’s management, team…
Ataq Airport in Shabwah Governorate, Yemen, has officially reopened after nearly ten years of closure, following extensive clearance operations conducted by Project Masam, according to a statement issued by its media office. The airport had remained closed due to contamination from landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and other explosive remnants of war left behind during years…
