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Arab News
2 days ago
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- Arab News
Saudi project clears 1,689 mines in Yemen
RIYADH: Members of Saudi Arabia's Project Masam removed 1,689 explosive devices from various regions of Yemen last week. The total included 1,632 unexploded ordnances, 50 anti-tank mines and seven anti-personnel mines, according to a recent report. Ousama Al-Gosaibi, the initiative's managing director, said that 497,544 mines have been cleared since the project began in 2018. The explosives were planted indiscriminately and posed a threat to civilians, including children, women and the elderly. The demining operations took place in Marib, Aden, Jouf, Shabwa, Taiz, Hodeidah, Lahij, Sanaa, Al-Bayda, Al-Dhale and Saada. The project trains local demining engineers and provides them with modern equipment. It also offers support to Yemenis injured by the devices. Teams are tasked with clearing villages, roads and schools to facilitate the safe movement of civilians and delivery of humanitarian aid.
Arab News
27-05-2025
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- Arab News
Saudi project clears 1,504 mines in Yemen
RIYADH: Members of Saudi Arabia's Project Masam removed 1,504 explosive devices from various regions of Yemen last week. The total included 1,459 unexploded ordnance, 40 anti-tank mines, four anti-personnel mines and one improvised explosive device, according to a recent report. Ousama Al-Gosaibi, the initiative's managing director, said that 495,855 mines have been cleared since the project began in 2018. The explosives were planted indiscriminately and posed a threat to civilians, including children, women and the elderly. The demining operations took place in Marib, Aden, Jouf, Shabwa, Taiz, Hodeidah, Lahij, Sanaa, Al-Bayda, Al-Dhale and Saada. The project trains local demining engineers and provides them with modern equipment. It also offers support to Yemenis injured by the devices. Teams are tasked with clearing villages, roads and schools to facilitate the safe movement of civilians and delivery of humanitarian aid.
Arab News
19-05-2025
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- Arab News
Saudi project clears 1,095 mines in Yemen
RIYADH: Members of Saudi Arabia's Project Masam removed 1,095 explosive devices from various regions of Yemen last week. The total included 1,056 unexploded ordnances, 32 anti-tank mines and seven anti-personnel mines, according to a recent report. Ousama Al-Gosaibi, the initiative's managing director, said that 494,351 mines have been cleared since the project began in 2018. The explosives were planted indiscriminately and posed a threat to civilians, including children, women and the elderly. The demining operations took place in Marib, Aden, Jouf, Shabwa, Taiz, Hodeidah, Lahij, Sanaa, Al-Bayda, Al-Dhale and Saada. The project trains local demining engineers and provides them with modern equipment. It also offers support to Yemenis injured by the devices. Teams are tasked with clearing villages, roads and schools to facilitate the safe movement of civilians and delivery of humanitarian aid.
Yemen Online
08-05-2025
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- Yemen Online
MASAM Destroys 600 more Houthi landmines and other explosives in Yemen
Members of the Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance, also known as Project Masam, safely detonated 600 mines, unexploded ordnance and other explosive devices on Wednesday. The project's engineers had demined and removed the devices over the past few months from various parts of Yemen, including the town of Beihan and the districts of Usaylan and Ain in Shabwah governorate. Hussein Al-Aqili, commander of the project's survey team, said they carried out the destruction operation in the Thahba area of Ain district on Wednesday as part of their ongoing mission to clear mines and other remnants of war in Yemen, and save civilian lives. The project has cleared nearly 500,000 mines from the country since its work there began in 2018. Last week, Ousama Algosaibi, the managing director of Masam, warned that the Houthis continue to exploit periods of truce to plant more mines across Yemen. 'We are in a constant race with the Houthi militias; we clear mines from one side while they plant more on the other,' he said during an interview with Al-Ekhbariya TV.
Khabar Agency
04-05-2025
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- Khabar Agency
Project Masam Clears 1,839 Houthi Explosive Devices in Yemen in a Week
Project Masam's demining teams have neutralized 1,839 explosive devices across Yemen this month, including Houthi-planted landmines, unexploded ordnance, and improvised explosive devices. The recent weekly clearance operations removed 26 anti-tank mines and 1,813 other dangerous explosives from 146,396 square meters of land. Since its launch in June 2018, the humanitarian initiative has cleared 66,651,306 square meters of Yemeni territory and eliminated over 330,000 explosive threats. Project Masam continues its critical work protecting civilians from war remnants and enabling safe returns to reclaimed areas.
