Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have now located and destroyed 526,460 explosive devices across Yemen’s liberated areas since operations began in June 2018.
This cumulative clearance includes 6,992 anti-personnel mines, 148,465 anti-tank mines, 362,674 items of unexploded ordnance, and 8,329 improvised explosive devices, contributing to more than 74,072,251 square metres of land made safe for civilian use.
Since the conflict escalated in 2014 between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias, vast areas of the country have been seeded with landmines and other explosive remnants of war. Strategically important regions in particular remain heavily contaminated, with estimates indicating that Houthi forces have laid between one and two million landmines nationwide.
During the most recent reporting week (22-28 November 2025), Project Masam teams cleared 961 explosive devices, comprising six anti-personnel mines, 92 anti-tank mines, 862 UXO, and one improvised explosive device. Clearance teams also secured 413,778 square metres of land during this period
Project Masam continues to prioritise the clearance of villages, agricultural land, key infrastructure, schools, and access roads to support the safe movement of civilians and humanitarian workers.
Up to five million Yemenis have been displaced since the start of the war, many driven from their homes by widespread landmine contamination. Despite seasonal sandstorms and restricted access in frontline districts, Project Masam remains committed to protecting lives and supporting Yemen’s recovery through humanitarian mine action.
