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 Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, strategic areas have been left heavily contaminated with Houthi-laid anti-personnel and anti-tank mines, as well as other remnants of war.
During the week of 21 – 27 June 2025, Project Masam’s deminers removed 1,493 deadly items, including 14 anti-personnel landmines, 27 anti-tank mines, 1,448 UXO and four IEDs.
The teams cleared 222,566 square metres of land in that week alone, according to Project Masam Managing Director Ousama Algosaibi.
It is estimated that up to five million people have been forced to flee their homes since the beginning of the conflict in Yemen—many driven away by the presence of landmines and UXO on their land.
Project Masam’s mission prioritises humanitarian needs – focusing clearance on villages, roads, schools, and other civilian infrastructure to ensure the safe movement of people and aid.
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