Project Masam has carried out refresher training for its landmine clearance teams in Aden and the West Coast following the Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr break, as part of preparations for the resumption of field operations. Such training is a fundamental component of mine action, ensuring that teams remain proficient in risk assessment, clearance techniques and…
Yemeni writer and journalist Adel Al-Ahmadi, head of the Nashwan Al-Himiri Center for Studies and Media, has described Project Masam as one of the country’s most vital humanitarian initiatives, citing its critical role in protecting civilians and securing areas affected by conflict. After over a decades of conflict and a fragile, still-elusive peace process, Yemen…
New figures released by Save the Children show that landmines and unexploded ordnance continue to pose a severe threat to children across Yemen, accounting for nearly half of all child casualties despite the reduction in active fighting. The data covers the period since April 2022, when a United Nations brokered truce came into effect between…
Project Masam demining teams have cleared 5,237 landmines and explosive remnants of war across Yemen so far in March 2026, continuing efforts to reduce explosive threats and protect civilians in contaminated areas. According to the project’s latest operational figures, the items removed include 17 anti personnel mines, 242 anti tank mines, 4,965 items of unexploded…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and cleared 551,189 landmines and explosive threats across Yemen’s liberated areas since operations began in July 2018, according to the latest cumulative figures covering activities up to 27 March 2026. The total clearance includes 7,122 anti personnel mines, 150,682 anti tank mines, 384,967 items…
Residents in Bani Hussein village in Hiran District, north of Yemen’s Hajjah Governorate, have discovered landmines that were carried into farmland and public roads by floodwaters following a low pressure system that hit the area on Saturday (28 March). Floodwaters, or wind, can displace landmines from their original positions and transport them over long distances,…
Project Masam has warned of growing dangers from landmines and unexploded ordnance displaced by ongoing heavy rains in several Yemeni governorates, including Marib, Shabwah, Taiz, Al Jawf and Al Hudaydah. The humanitarian landmine clearance organisation said that flooding and torrential rainfall have moved mines and unexploded ordnance from previously contaminated areas into villages, residential neighbourhoods,…
Project Masam demining teams have cleared 3,500 landmines and explosive remnants of war across Yemen so far in March 2026, continuing efforts to reduce explosive threats and protect civilians in contaminated areas. According to the project’s latest operational figures covering 1–20 March 2026, the items removed include: 12 anti-personnel mines, 242 anti-tank mines, 3,233 items…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and cleared 549,452 landmines and explosive threats across Yemen’s liberated areas since operations began in July 2018, according to the latest cumulative figures covering activities up to 20 March 2026. The total clearance includes 7,117 anti-personnel mines, 150,682 anti-tank mines, 383,235 items of unexploded…
A recent report by the Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms has highlighted the continued use of landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) against women in civilian environments, describing the overall scale of violations in Yemen as “alarming.” According to the report, 5,834 violations against women were documented between January 2017 and the end of…
