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‘Yemen is experiencing a real disaster but we will continue our work despite huge challenges,’ says Project Masam MD Ousama Algosaibi

NewsBy Elsa Buchanan May 3, 2024

Project Masam’s Managing Director has warned that Yemen is experiencing a real disaster threatening the lives of civilians during a high-level summit in Switzerland, pointing to the need for the international community to understand the magnitude of the landmine catastrophe in Yemen. The managing director Ousama Algosaibi delivered his speech yesterday (2 May 2024) during…

Full speech at EOIC in Geneva: Project Masam MD Ousama Algosaibi urges international community to step up at

NewsBy Elsa Buchanan May 3, 2024

Full speech delivered by Project Masam’s Managing Director Ousama Algosaibi during a meeting with the European Organisation of Islamic Centres at the United Nations international conference building in Geneva, Switzerland, on 2 May 2024. “I am the Managing Director of Project Masam. Kindly funded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia via the King Salman Humanitarian…

Project Masam clears 2,037 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and improvised explosive devices

NewsBy Elsa Buchanan April 28, 2024

Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 2,037 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in April 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 797 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including one anti-personnel min, 110 anti-tank mines, 681 UXO, and five…

Project Masam clears 438,413 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

NewsBy Elsa Buchanan April 28, 2024

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 438,413 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,496 anti-personnel mines, 144,211 anti-tank mines, 279,683 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,023 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 55,732,382 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…

Landmine migration brings new threats to the rainy season in Yemen

NewsBy Elsa Buchanan April 25, 2024

Project Masam deminers have warned of the rise of a little-known threat amid Yemen’s continuing war: landmine migration during rainy season. A migrating landmine is a mine moved by nature from the original position it was laid in to another, without any human intervention – by water mostly, and by wind and sand. For centuries, the rainy season has…

IED washed away by floods in Bayhan district in Shabwah injures two civilians including a child

NewsBy Elsa Buchanan April 24, 2024

Two civilians, including a child, were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) swept away by floods exploded in their area in Bayhan district in Shabwah governorate, southeastern Yemen. Local sources said that the victims of this IED are Ahmed Ali Al-Awadi, 14 years old, and Laith Nasser Al-Awadi, 18 years old, who sustained non-life…

Project Masam clears 1,240 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and improvised explosive devices

NewsBy Elsa Buchanan April 21, 2024

Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 1,240 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in April 2024. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 857 landmines and UXO last week, including 75 anti-tank mines and 782 UXO. The project’s demining teams cleared…

Project Masam clears 437,616 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

NewsBy Elsa Buchanan April 21, 2024

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 437,616 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,495 anti-personnel mines, 144,101 anti-tank mines, 279,002 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,018 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 55,503,975 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…

‘We have a real disaster’, Yemen President says, commanding Project Masam for its mine clearance

NewsBy Elsa Buchanan April 20, 2024

His Excellency the Yemeni President Dr. Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi, Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Yemen, said that he awarded the Order of Bravery – one of the highest Yemeni orders – to the Saudi project Masam, and the Yemeni National Mine Action Programme,…

Project Masam clears 436,759 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

NewsBy Elsa Buchanan April 14, 2024

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 436,759 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,495 anti-personnel mines, 144,026 anti-tank mines, 278,220 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,018 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 55,393,442 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…

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