During the fourth week of February 2025, the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center’s project, MASAM, successfully cleared 706 landmines in various regions across Yemen. These included 13 anti-personnel mines, 24 anti-tank mines, 668 unexploded ordnance, and one explosive device.
In Aden, the MASAM team cleared 186 unexploded ordnance. In Qa’taba district, Al-Dhale, they removed two anti-personnel mines. In Hays district, Al-Hodeidah, 6 unexploded ordnance were cleared. In Taiz governorate, two unexploded ordnance were removed in Ta’iz directorate, along with one anti-personnel mine and 5 anti-tank mines in Al-Misraba directorate.
Moving to Marib governorate, the team cleared one anti-personnel mine in Ragwan directorate, along with 17 anti-tank mines and 410 unexploded ordnance in Marib directorate. In Aseelah directorate, Shabwah governorate, 9 unexploded ordnance were removed. In Taiz governorate, the team cleared two unexploded ordnance in Al-Makha directorate, as well as 8 anti-personnel mines, two anti-tank mines, and 11 exploded ordnance in Zabid directorate. Additionally, one anti-personnel mine, 42 unexploded ordnance, and one explosive device were cleared in Al-Mazrak directorate.
This brings the total number of cleared landmines in February to 2817. Since the beginning of the MASAM project, a total of 483,343 landmines have been cleared in Yemen. These landmines were planted indiscriminately across Yemen’s territories, posing a constant threat to innocent civilians, including children, women, and the elderly, instilling fear in the hearts of the population.
