Project Masam deminers have warned of the rise of a little-known threat amid Yemen’s continuing war: landmine migration during rainy season. A migrating landmine is a mine moved by nature from the original position it was laid in to another, without any human intervention – by water mostly, and by wind and sand. For centuries, the rainy season has…
Two civilians, including a child, were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) swept away by floods exploded in their area in Bayhan district in Shabwah governorate, southeastern Yemen. Local sources said that the victims of this IED are Ahmed Ali Al-Awadi, 14 years old, and Laith Nasser Al-Awadi, 18 years old, who sustained non-life…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 1,240 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in April 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 857 landmines and UXO last week, including 75 anti-tank mines and 782 UXO. The project’s demining teams cleared…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 437,616 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,495 anti-personnel mines, 144,101 anti-tank mines, 279,002 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,018 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 55,503,975 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
His Excellency the Yemeni President Dr. Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi, Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Yemen, said that he awarded the Order of Bravery – one of the highest Yemeni orders – to the Saudi project Masam, and the Yemeni National Mine Action Programme,…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 436,759 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,495 anti-personnel mines, 144,026 anti-tank mines, 278,220 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,018 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 55,393,442 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 383 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in April 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 383 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including one anti-personnel mine, 75 anti-tank mines, 300 UXO and eight…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 436,759 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,495 anti-personnel mines, 144,026 anti-tank mines, 278,220 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,018 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 55,393,442 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
On the occasion of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, Project Masam wanted to highlight the realities of the impacts of landmine warfare in Yemen. In a new harrowing short documentary, we met with landmine survivors, the families of landmine victims and casualties, public health professionals and education specialists, as…
On the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action (IMAD), Project Masam’s Managing Director has expressed concerns over failings of implementation mechanisms of international resolutions and laws governing human rights – specifically the right to life – as he claimed landmines continue to be planted with a disregard to civilians. IMAD is…
