Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and destroyed a total of 504,295 explosive devices in Yemen’s liberated areas since the project’s launch in mid-2018.
This total includes 6,821 anti-personnel mines, 146,784 anti-tank mines, 342,446 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO), and 8,244 improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Clearance operations have covered over 68,147,451 square metres of land to date.
Since the escalation of the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias in 2014, vast areas of the country have been heavily contaminated with landmines, UXO, and other remnants of war – particularly in strategic regions.
During the most recent reporting week (28 June – 4 July 2025), Project Masam’s deminers removed 1,559 explosive devices, including one anti-personnel mine, 45 anti-tank mines, and 1,513 UXO, while clearing 176,179 square metres of land.
This effort followed a similarly high-output week (21 – 27 June 2025), when teams cleared 222,566 square metres and removed 1,493 explosive items, including 14 anti-personnel mines, 27 anti-tank mines, 1,448 UXO, and four IEDs.
Project Masam continues to focus its humanitarian mission on clearing land in civilian areas (villages, roads, schools, and other infrastructure) ensuring safer movement for people and aid workers alike.
It is estimated that up to five million Yemenis have been displaced since the start of the war, many driven from their homes by the presence of deadly landmines and unexploded ordnance.
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