During his address during the United Nations Security Council Meeting on the situation in Yemen on 11 July 2022, H.E. Mohamed Abushahab, Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Mission to the UN discussed Masam’s demining efforts in Yemen. The high-level meeting came as Permanent Representatives called for an extension of the UN-brokered truce in Yemen –…
This week, we met with Naji Tariq Al-Mohsini, Saleh Abd Rabbo, Youssef Mazman and Mohammed Saleh – four civilians from Usailan Directorate in Shabwah Governorate – one of the most landmine contaminated areas of Yemen. These are their stories.
Project Masam is pleased to announce the renewal of its life-saving operation in Yemen for a fifth year. Through the generosity and humanitarian vision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its leadership, Project Masam will continue to clear landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IED) throughout the liberated areas of Yemen. To…
Project Masam teams have located, cleared or destroyed 1,423 landmines and unexploded ordnance in the last week across Yemen. Operating since mid-2018, Masam currently has 32 teams working in liberated areas across the country and conducts humanitarian clearance in accordance with priorities set by the Yemeni National Authority. Teams operating out of Masam’s Marib headquarters…
As the temperature rises to 30 degrees in the West Coast of Yemen, deminers are keeping a wary eye on the ground around them. They are looking for landmines and improvised explosive devices, or IEDs.Landmines and IEDs have been found in newly liberated areas situated very close to the Houthi frontlines, where they have been…
Project Masam teams have located, cleared or destroyed 2,943 landmines and unexploded ordnance in the last week across Yemen. Operating since mid-2018, Masam currently has 32 teams working in liberated areas across the country and conducts humanitarian clearance in accordance with priorities set by the Yemeni National Authority. Teams operating out of Masam’s Marib headquarters…
A deep dive into bounding fragmentation mines. These banned deadly anti-personnel landmines that spray shrapnel at roughly waist height are now not only mass produced but ‘super large’ clones are now being discovered all over liberated areas of Yemen. On Friday 19 May 2022, a deminer present at humanitarian landmine clearance programme Masam picked up…
Project Masam has reached a significant milestone after clearing its 5,000th anti-personnel landmine in Yemen. Operating since mid-2018, Masam currently has 32 teams working in liberated areas across the country and conducts humanitarian clearance in accordance with priorities set by the Yemeni National Authority. On 20 May 2022, Managing Director and Programme Manager Ousama Algosaibi…
Yemeni of Information Muammar Al-Eryani has called on the international community, the United Nations and UN Special Envoy to put pressure on the Houthi militia to halt manufacturing and laying landmines in Yemen. Since Yemen’s civil was began in 2014, Houthi militias have planted land and seamines – extensively, intentionally and indiscriminately – across the…
Project Masam teams have located, cleared or destroyed 1,201 landmines and unexploded ordnance in the last week across Yemen. Operating since mid-2018, Masam currently has 32 teams working in liberated areas across the country and conducts humanitarian clearance in accordance with priorities set by the Yemeni National Authority. Teams operating out of Masam’s Marib headquarters…
