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Yemen Online
7 days ago
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- Yemen Online
KSrelief Masam Project Clears 884 Explosives in Yemen
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center's (KSrelief) Masam Project for clearing landmines in Yemen has successfully removed 884 explosive devices during the first week of August 2025, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday. The cleared munitions included 28 anti-tank mines, two anti-personnel mines, and 854 unexploded ordnance, which were found across various regions of Yemen. Since the launch of the Masam Project, a total of 508,472 mines and explosive remnants have been dismantled. Planted indiscriminately across Yemeni territory, these devices continue to pose a grave threat to innocent civilians—particularly children, women, and the elderly—while instilling fear and disrupting the lives of peaceful communities.
Asharq Al-Awsat
7 days ago
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- Asharq Al-Awsat
KSrelief Masam Project Clears 884 Explosives in Yemen
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center's (KSrelief) Masam Project for clearing landmines in Yemen has successfully removed 884 explosive devices during the first week of August 2025, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday. The cleared munitions included 28 anti-tank mines, two anti-personnel mines, and 854 unexploded ordnance, which were found across various regions of Yemen. Since the launch of the Masam Project, a total of 508,472 mines and explosive remnants have been dismantled. Planted indiscriminately across Yemeni territory, these devices continue to pose a grave threat to innocent civilians—particularly children, women, and the elderly—while instilling fear and disrupting the lives of peaceful communities.
Yemen Online
28-07-2025
- General
- Yemen Online
Masam Project Clears 1,151 Explosive Remnants of War in Yemen
Aden — The Saudi-funded Masam Project has announced the successful clearance of 1,151 explosive devices across war-affected regions of Yemen during the week of July 19–25, 2025, marking another milestone in its ongoing humanitarian demining efforts. According to the project's press office, the cleared items included: - 4 anti-personnel mines - 49 anti-tank mines - 1,093 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) - 5 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) The operations spanned 186,051 square meters of land, focusing on civilian areas such as roads, villages, and infrastructure sites. These efforts aim to reduce the risk of injury and death among displaced populations and humanitarian workers, especially as seasonal sandstorms have increased the likelihood of accidental encounters with buried explosives. Since its launch in 2018, Masam has removed over 507,000 explosive threats, including landmines and UXOs planted during Yemen's prolonged conflict.
Yemen Online
21-07-2025
- Yemen Online
Masam Project Clears 971 Explosives in Yemen in Third Week of July
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Masam Project removed 971 explosives across various regions of Yemen during the third week of July. The cleared explosives included one anti-personnel mine, 78 anti-tank mines, and 891 unexploded ordnances (UXOs). These efforts bring the total number of explosives cleared since the start of the Masam Project to 506,437. These explosives were randomly planted throughout Yemeni territory, endangering innocent civilians, including children, women, and older people, and sowing fear in once-safe communities. Saudi Arabia, through KSrelief, continues its mission to rid Yemeni land of explosives as part of its broader effort to protect civilians and enable the Yemeni people to live safely and with dignity.
Yemen Online
27-06-2025
- General
- Yemen Online
Masam Project clears more than 4,600 explosive devices from Yemen conflict in Abyan
Saudi Arabia's Project for Landmine Clearance, known as Masam and launched by Saudi aid agency KSrelief, has successfully destroyed more than 4,600 explosive devices left behind from the war in Yemen. The operation took place on Thursday in the Wadi Dufs area of Zinjibar, in Abyan Governorate, east of Yemen's de facto capital Aden. The project reported the destruction of 4,620 pieces of ammunition and remnants of war, including 155 projectiles, 235 combat fuses, 85 pieces of armor-piercing ammunition, 4,096 bullets, 13 anti-personnel mines, five anti-tank mines, and 31 grenades. The Masam Project added that its efforts aimed to enhance community security and protect the lives of civilians in Yemen. Engineer Munther Qassem, commander of the first special task force at Masam, said that the operation had been conducted in a safe area, away from residential communities and agricultural regions, ensuring full compliance with international standards. He added: 'The work of the special task teams does not stop throughout the year, given the importance of our missions in protecting the lives of innocent citizens.' Qassem added that the team had successfully carried out the operation despite the high temperatures and rugged terrain of Abyan. The Masam Project stands as a vital contribution to enabling a safe and dignified life for Yemenis. KSrelief has implemented 3,438 diverse humanitarian projects across 107 countries, valued at over $7 billion, since its launch in May 2015.
