Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and destroyed a total of 505,466 explosive devices in Yemen’s liberated areas since the project’s launch in mid-2018.
This total includes 6,822 anti-personnel mines, 146,830 anti-tank mines, 343,570 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO), and 8,244 improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Clearance operations have covered over 68,338,920 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 where the Houthis have planted an estimated one to two million mines.
During the most recent reporting week (5–11 July 2025), Project Masam’s deminers removed 1,171 explosive devices, including one anti-personnel mine, 46 anti-tank mines, and 1,124 UXO, while clearing 191,469 square metres of land. No IEDs were found during this reporting week.
This effort followed another high-output week (28 June – 4 July 2025), when teams cleared 176,179 square metres and removed 1,559 explosive items, including one anti-personnel mine, 45 anti-tank mines, and 1,513 UXO.
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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