Project Masam has announced that its demining teams cleared a total of 884 explosive devices, including landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs), over the past week.This effort is part of the project’s ongoing mission to eliminate the threat of explosives to civilians.
According to a statement released by the project’s media office, the demining teams cleared 884 explosive items including two banned anti-personnel mines, 28 anti-tank mines, 854 UXO, and no IEDs between 23 July and 1 August, highlighting the persistent danger posed by explosive remnants of war across the country.
The operations room also reported that the teams cleared approximately 163,168 square metres of land, thereby enhancing the safety of residential and agricultural areas that were previously at risk.
The previous week (19 – 25 July 2025) saw the removal of 1,151 explosive devices, including four anti-personnel mines, 49 anti-tank mines, 1,093 UXO, and five IEDs. Clearance efforts during that week covered 186,051 square metres.
Since the project’s launch in mid-2018, Project Masam has cleared 508,472 explosive devices in Yemen. This total includes 6,829 anti-personnel mines, 146,985 anti-tank mines, 346,408 items of UXO, and 8,250 IEDs. To date, more than 68.8 million square metres of land have been made safe through Project Masam’s clearance operations.
Project Masam remains firmly committed to its humanitarian mission: working to protect lives, restore access, and enable the safe return of displaced communities by clearing explosive hazards from Yemen’s liberated regions.
