On a September morning in Taiz, parents gather outside the gates of Ibrahim Aqeel School, scanning the dusty yard and ruins of the demolished classrooms for hidden explosives before daring to walk their children in. This grim ritual is part of daily life for thousands of Yemeni families who must choose between education and survival.…
Farmers in Usaylan district, Shabwa governorate, have regained access to their farmlands and resumed agricultural activities after years of conflict and landmine contamination, thanks to the clearance efforts of Project Masam. Shabwah was heavily mined because of its strategic location and shifting frontlines during the Yemen conflict. The governorate lies between key supply routes linking…
As of 19 September 2025, Project Masam teams have cleared a total of 2,129 explosive devices and 852,551 square metres of land across Yemen during the month of September to date. These figures reflect the project’s sustained efforts across multiple governorates, where demining operations continue to prioritise civilian areas, including homes, roads, and critical infrastructure.…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and destroyed 515,219 explosive devices in Yemen’s liberated areas since the project began in mid-2018. This cumulative total includes 6,877 anti-personnel mines, 147,269 anti-tank mines, 352,797 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO), and 8,276 improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Over this period, clearance operations have made…
Project Masam’s demining Team 9 has carried out a explosive ordnance risk awareness campaign in Yakhtul village, Al-Makha District in western Yemen. Western Yemen is heavily contaminated with landmines because Houthi forces have planted vast numbers of explosives during the conflict, often in civilian areas and far from frontlines. As they withdraw, they frequently lay…
Project Masam has carried out an operation on Thursday (18 September) to demolish 6,183 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices in the Wadi Dufs area of Zinjibar District, Abyan Governorate. Abyan Governorate is located in southern Yemen, along the Gulf of Aden, east of Aden Governorate. The operation was conducted by Special Task Team 1…
Project Masam’s demining Team 16 is continuing its mine clearance operations in the Usaylan district of Shabwah Governorate. Since early June, the team has been surveying and clearing mine-contaminated Area No. 96 in the Bir Matash region. The conflict in Yemen has left many areas contaminated with landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs), particularly those…
A new United Nations (UN) briefing to the Security Council has sounded the alarm over an escalating humanitarian crisis in Yemen, warning that the country faces “an alarming and dangerous intensification of hostilities” alongside one of the world’s worst hunger emergencies. UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg described Yemen as “both a mirror and a magnifier…
Mohammed Yaqub, Deputy Governor of Hajjah, expressed deep gratitude to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its steadfast support in Yemen, crediting King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and the Saudi government for helping communities reclaim their lives in liberated areas. Hajjah governorate, located in northwestern Yemen, has been one of the…
Project Masam’s demining Team 38 has carried out an explosive ordnance risk education (EORE) campaign in the village of Al-Makhzen in Midi District, northern Hajjah Governorate, Yemen. The campaign aims to raise awareness (especially among children) about the dangers of landmines and other explosive remnants of war and to reduce civilian casualties in a region…
