Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and destroyed 524,624 explosive devices across Yemen’s liberated areas since the launch of operations in June 2018.
The cumulative total includes 6,979 anti-personnel mines, 148,006 anti-tank mines, 361,314 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO), and 8,325 improvised explosive devices (IEDs)
Through these efforts, 73,268,805 square metres of land have been cleared and made safe for civilian use.
Since the conflict escalated in 2014 between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias, large areas of the country have been contaminated with landmines, UXO, and other explosive remnants of war. Strategic regions remain heavily affected, with estimates suggesting Houthi forces have planted between one and two million mines nationwide.
During the most recent reporting week (8-14 November 2025), Project Masam teams removed 1,846 explosive devices, including five anti-personnel mines, 78 anti-tank mines, 1,753 UXO, and 10 IEDs, and cleared 417,792 square metres of land.
Project Masam continues to prioritise the clearance of villages, roads, farmland, schools, and key infrastructure to support the safe movement of civilians and humanitarian actors.
Up to five million Yemenis have been displaced since the start of the war, many forced from their homes by landmine contamination. Seasonal sandstorms and restricted access in front-line districts continue to complicate clearance operations, yet Project Masam remains committed to protecting lives and contributing to Yemen’s recovery through humanitarian mine action.
