Yemen: "Masam" extracts more than 4,700 mines and unexploded ordnance in Yemen during August

Arab Sea Newspaper - Follow-ups

Arabian Sea - Yemen - Follow-ups: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center's project to clear Yemeni lands of mines, "MASAM," announced that it was able to remove 4,735 mines, unexploded ordnance, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia in a number of areas during the period from August 1 to 29. A statement issued by the project's operations room explained that engineering teams have removed 4,532 unexploded ordnance and 164 anti-tank mines since the beginning of the month, while in the past week alone, they were able to remove 968 mines, unexploded ordnance, and IEDs, including 925 unexploded ordnance, 7 IEDs, 32 anti-tank mines, and 4 anti-personnel mines. The area cleared during the same month amounted to more than one million square meters. For his part, the general manager of the "MASAM" project in Yemen, Osama Al-Gosaibi, confirmed that the project teams have been able to remove more than 512,000 mines, unexploded ordnance, and IEDs since its launch in June 2018 until August 29, 2025. The achievements include the removal of 350,086 unexploded ordnance, 8,272 IEDs, in addition to 147,121 anti-tank mines and 6,844 anti-personnel mines. Al-Gosaibi stressed that these efforts embody the project's humanitarian mission aimed at saving lives and restoring life to mine-contaminated areas.