Masam clears 398,110 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 398,110 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,131 anti-personnel mines, 138,908 anti-tank mines, 7,783 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 245,288 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 45,952,405sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic…

Masam survey team secures civilian pastures in Al-Darb area in Harib district in Yemen’s Marib

In response to a report filed by a civilian, Project Masam’s Survey Team launched a surveyance and clearance operation in the pastures in Al-Darb area of Harib district, south of Yemen’s Marib governorate. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic areas have been left cluttered with anti-personnel mines and anti-tank mines,…

Health centre to provide its services once again after being cleared by Masam in Yemen’s Hays

In the village of Bani Zuhair, west of Hays district, south of Yemen’s Hodeidah governorate, Project Masam demining teams have cleared and secured the village’s healthcare centre, which had been unable to provide essential medical care services since the Houthi takeover of 2014. Plagued by landmines, strategic Hays links three governorates of upmost importance: Al-Hodeidah,…

Masam brings life back to Wadi Dhama in Yemen’s Taiz

Masam’s Team 25 has brought life back to civilians’ farms in Wadi Dhama, Maqbanah district, in Yemen’s Taiz governorate, after removing more than 30 anti-tank mines. In a statement, the deputy leader of Team 25 confirmed that the landmines that were removed were washed away by torrential rains from the militia-controlled areas to civilian areas…

Masam clears 397,214 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 397,214 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,120 anti-personnel mines, 138,752 anti-tank mines, 7,782 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 244,560 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 45,600,070sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic areas have…

Masam teams resume their work in seven mined areas in Shabwah Governorate

Project Masam engineering teams operating in Shabwah governorate have resumed their humanitarian clearance work in seven mined areas following the Eid Al-Fitr holiday. Before redeploying and distributing the demining teams, Deputy Director of the National Mine Action Program in Ma’rib, Muntadher Al-Radfani, met with Project Masam’s demining teams. Al-Radfani extended Project Masam’s Managing Director Ousama…