Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 470,416 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,677 anti-personnel mines, 145,631 anti-tank mines, 309,947 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,161 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) cleared over 62,112,356 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Civilians in Yemen are continuing to report explosive ordnance and hand over large quantities of explosive items to demining teams, highlighting the success of Masam’s awareness initiatives in raising community awareness and improving public safety. This cooperation also reflects the growing awareness among the population of the dangers posed by remnants of war and their…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have cleared 1,509 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in November 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams cleared 614 landmines and UXO last week, including three anti-personnel landmines, 36 anti-tank mines, 574 UXO and one IED during…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 469,576 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,648 anti-personnel mines, 145,502 anti-tank mines, 309,265 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,161 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) cleared over 61,862,742 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam’s media team has launched an awareness campaign aimed at the students of the Kuwait School in the al-Suweida internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Marib Governorate, a strategic province in north-central Yemen. The Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) campaign’s primary objective was to raise awareness about the dangers posed by landmines and unexploded…
Project Masam’s Team 19 has successfully cleared and secured three mine-contaminated fields between August and October 2024, covering a total area of 43,000 square metres. These minefields are located in the Sheikh Saeed area along the coast of the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, in the Dhubab district of Taiz governorate, western Yemen. The area, used…
Project Masam’s deminers have destroyed 1,071 landmines, and unexploded ordnance in the Wadi Dufs area of Zinjibar in Abyan Governorate, east of Aden, Yemen’s de facto capital. Munther Qassem, Project Masam’s Special Task Team in the Aden sector, confirmed that the operation involved the detonation and destruction of 346 artillery shells and unexploded ordnance (UXO),…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have cleared 895 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in November 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams cleared 895 landmines and UXO last week, including two anti-personnel landmine, 26 anti-tank mines, 865 UXO, and two IEDs during…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 468,962 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,645 anti-personnel mines, 145,467 anti-tank mines, 308,691 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,160 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) cleared over 61,672,477 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 cleared 4,394 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in October 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams cleared 636 landmines and UXO last week, including four anti-personnel landmine, 36 anti-tank mines, and 596 UXO during the period.…
