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…
A young man was killed and another was injured after a landmine planted by the Houthi militia exploded in the Al-Tuhayta district, south of Hodeidah governorate, west of Yemen. According to local sources, a 29-year-old young man was killed, while another, aged 43, was wounded as a result of the explosion of a mine planted…
After a long period spent away from his farm, an older Yemeni man has finally been able to set foot on his land, which had been heavily contaminated by landmines. The older man, who we chose not to identify, confirmed that landmines had been extensively planted across his farm before Project Masam travelled to his…
Project Masam’s Team 26 has announced it has dismantled a second minefield this week in Hays district, south of Yemen’s Hodeidah governorate. The leader of Team 26 told Masam’s Media Office that his team has successfully dismantled a minefield in the village of Shaab Bani Zuhair, west of Hays district. The team located and cleared…
Project Masam’s Team 26 has announced the full clearance of an anti-tank minefield in the outskirts of Hays district, south of Yemen’s Al-Hodeidah Governorate, one of the most heavily mined areas in the country. The leader of Masam Team 26 confirmed in a statement that his team was able to deactivate a minefield planted by…
Project Masam’s operations room has announced that last week, the project teams removed 836 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs), bringing the total cleared since the beginning of the month to 2,223. Masam Operations said in a statement that the project teams removed 614 UXOs and four IEDs along with 217 anti-tank…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 396,081 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,114 anti-personnel mines, 138,558 anti-tank mines, 7,773 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 243,636 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 45,367,536sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 395,245 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,113 anti-personnel mines, 138,341 anti-tank mines, 7,769 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 243,022 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 45,367,536sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic…
Project Masam’s operations room has announced that last week, the project teams removed 602 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs), bringing the total cleared since the beginning of the month to 2,223. Masam Operations said in a statement that the project teams removed 550 UXOs and 53 IEDs along with 256 anti-tank…
Three civilians, including a child, were killed on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, when a landmine planted by the Houthi militia exploded in the south of Al-Hodeidah Governorate in the west of Yemen. A human rights source said that three people, including a child, were killed by a mine planted on a side…
