Project Masam clears 5,192 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and improvised explosive devices

Project Masam has announced that its demining teams cleared a total of 5,192 explosive devices – including landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during June 2025. According to Project Masam’s Operations Room, the teams removed 1,493 explosive items during the week of 21–27 June, including 14 anti-personnel mines, 27 anti-tank mines, 1,448…

Project Masam clears 502,736 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced that its teams have located and destroyed a total of 502,736 explosive devices in Yemen’s liberated areas since the project’s inception in mid-2018. These include 6,820 anti-personnel mines, 146,739 anti-tank mines, 340,933 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 8,244 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), cleared across 67,971,272 square metres of land. Since the conflict between…

Project Masam demolishes over 4,600 landmines, and unexploded ordnance in Yemen’s Abyan

Project Masam’s deminers have destroyed 4,620 landmines, and unexploded ordnance in the Wadi Dufs area of Zinjibar in Abyan Governorate, east of Aden, Yemen’s de facto capital. In alignment with the global mine action sector, Project Masam’s responsibilities include the clearance, removal or destruction of landmines stockpile and explosive remnants of war. By destroying the explosive…

Project Masam clears 3,699 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and improvised explosive devices

Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have cleared 3,699 explosive devices – including landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) – during June 2025 up to the 20th. According to Project Masam’s Operations Room, the teams removed 1,243 explosive items in the week of 14–20 June, including four anti-personnel mines, 57…

Project Masam clears 501,243 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced that its teams have located and destroyed a total of 501,243 explosive devices in Yemen’s liberated areas since the project’s inception in mid-2018. These include 6,802 anti-personnel mines, 146,712 anti-tank mines, 339,485 unexploded ordnance (UXO), and 8,240 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), cleared across 67,748,706 square metres of land. Since the conflict…

Yemen’s hidden war: Project Masam hits 500,000 explosive devices cleared amid rising mine threat

Ousama Algosaibi, Managing Director of the Masam Landmine Clearance Project in Yemen, has announced that the successful removal of 500,000 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and other explosive devices represents a major achievement—not only for Saudi Arabia, but also on a global humanitarian scale. “This milestone was not easily achieved,” Algosaibi stated during an appearance on…

Project Masam clears 500,000 mines, explosive devices, and unexploded ordnance in Yemen

Ousama Algosaibi, Managing Director of the Masam Landmine Clearance Project – Yemen has announced today (Sunday 15 June) that the project’s demining teams have successfully removed 500,000 landmines, explosive devices, and unexploded ordnance from liberated Yemeni land. Algosaibi stated that this significant figure reflects the cumulative achievements of the project since its launch in mid-2018…

Project Masam reaches historic milestone: 500,000 landmines and explosive threats cleared in Yemen

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 500,000 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,802 anti-personnel mines, 146,655 anti-tank mines, 338,303 unexploded ordnance (UXO), and 8,240 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), cleared over 67,585,167 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…