Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 2,894 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in October 2023. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams managed to clear 30 anti-personnel mines, 450 anti-tank mines, 2,409 UXO and five IEDs since the beginning of the…
Project Masam, in collaboration with the Mayyun Organisation for Human Rights, has held a photography exhibition in Yemen’s temporary capital, Aden, to highlight patterns of violations against children, including victims of landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and victims of child recruitment on Thursday (26 October). The exhibition, titled “Together We Move to Protect Children…
Landmines in Yemen have put women in Yemen at risk of major health, social, psychological and economic problems. It is vital to understand the ways in which landmines impact young girls and women in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. Indeed, women in Yemen face peculiar challenges due to the country’s nine-year war, as 5.5…
Project Masam has carried out the bulk demolition of 1,485 mines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Bab al-Mandeb, in Yemen’s Taiz governorate. The demolition operation carried out by Project Masam’s Special Task Team included 128 anti-tank mines, 1,338 projectiles and UXO, in addition to three anti-personnel mines and 16 IEDs. In…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 2,206 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in October 2023. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams managed to clear 20 anti-personnel mines, 327 anti-tank mines, 2,856 UXO and three IEDs since the beginning of the…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 419,309 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,358 anti-personnel mines, 141,431 anti-tank mines, 263,623 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 7,897 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 50,691,324 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam has carried out a bulk demolition of 700 landmines, explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance in Yemen’s Marib Governorate. The operation, which was carried out in Dhahban area of Harib District, included 320 unexploded shells, 200 anti-tank mines, 49 camouflaged explosive devices, in addition to 32 anti-personnel mines and 100 fuses and capsules.…
On today’s World Food Day, which theme is “Water is life. Water is food. Leave no one behind”, Project Masam wanted to highlight the importance of protecting water to create a more sustainable and food-secure Yemen. The Arabian Peninsula’s southernmost country has been ravaged by war for the past eight years. While the violence has…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 1,476 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in October 2023. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams managed to clear seven anti-personnel mines, 218 anti-tank mines, 1,248 UXO and three IEDs since the beginning of the…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 418,579 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,345 anti-personnel mines, 141,322 anti-tank mines, 263,015 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 7,897 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 50,546,564 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
