Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 2,529 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in August 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 1,139 landmines and UXO last week, including 13 anti-personnel landmines, 56 anti-tank mines, 1,056 UXO and 13 IEDs,…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 455,827 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,572 anti-personnel mines, 144,957 anti-tank mines, 296,183 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,115 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 58,813,711 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam has delivered a training course in Yemen’s central Marib Governorate for United Nations staff, focusing on the dangers of landmines and unexploded ordnance they might encounter during their field operations. Years of conflict have left the strategic city of Marib and the surrounding region littered with unexploded ordnance, as well as tens of thousands…
Dr. Ammar Al-Sheikh, Director of the Prosthetics Center in Marib Governorate, has commended the vital role played by Project Masam in safeguarding Yemeni civilians. The Prosthetics Centre, funded by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), provides a range of integrated services for those injured by landmines. These services include psychological and motor…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 1,390 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in August 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 720 landmines and UXO last week, including three anti-personnel landmines, 56 anti-tank mines, 647 UXO and 14 IEDs,…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 454,688 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,559 anti-personnel mines, 144,901 anti-tank mines, 295,126 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,102 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 58,654,867 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Two civilians from the same family have been injured by a landmine left by Houthi militants in the village of Al-Sa’ila, located between Al-Shu’ub and Al-Marjim, north of Hays in Hudaydah governorate, on Yemen’s Red Sea coast. Local sources report that Ahmed Hassan Qassim and his son Ali Ahmed Hassan were en route to the…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 4,900 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in July 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 670 landmines and UXO last week, including five anti-personnel landmines, 47 anti-tank mines, 570 UXO and 21 IEDs, bringing the…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 453,968 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,556 anti-personnel mines, 144,845 anti-tank mines, 294,479 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,088 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 58,454,760 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
A new report from the Yemeni Ministry of Interior has highlighted Project Masam’s humanitarian landmine clearance efforts in Yemen, describing the work undergone to remove landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and other unexploded remnants of war as “critical”. Published on the ministry’s website on 31 July and compiled by Security Media, the translated Arabic report…
