Masam publishes report on the ‘deliberate’ targeting of humanitarian demining personnel

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Between Autumn 2021 and Spring 2022, humanitarian landmine clearance project Masam’s deminers witnessed a rise in the targeting of demining activities. In short, Yemen’s Houthi militia — who are designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation by the internationally-recognised Yemeni government-in-exile and the United Nations — were reportedly fitting landmines with something called anti-handling mechanisms that means that…

Masam contributes to mitigating landmine-borne environmental disasters, says Yemeni Minister of Environment

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The Yemeni Minister of Water and Environment Tawfiq Al-Sharjabi has described how Project Masam has contributed to mitigate the effects and repercussions of humanitarian and environmental disasters caused by Houthi landmines in Yemen. In cooperation with the Yemeni government, Masam succeeded in clearing large quantities of landmines in heavily contaminated areas – notably the West…

Masam destroys 462 anti-tank mines in Shabwah province

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Project Masam has destroyed hundreds of anti-tank mines in the west of Yemen’s Shabwah province.   Leader of Team 14, Engineer Muhammad Qamata, confirmed that the engineering teams removed 462 landmines in the past weeks from the districts of Behan, Usaylan and Ain in Shabwah province and Hareb district, south of Marib province.  Qamata explained…

Masam destroys 1,392 landmines in Bab al-Mandab 

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Project Masam has successfully removed and destroyed 1,392 landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and various unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Yemen’s Taiz Governorate. The destruction operation, in Bab al-Mandeb district, included 483 anti-tank mines,  46 UXO, 483 assorted fuses, 12 anti-personnel mines, five IEDs, and 368 assorted bullets.  Engineer Adeeb Rajab, Deputy Commander of the Special Task…

Masam’s team 23 secures Mawza district schools 

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One of Masam’s demining teams has secured a number of schools located in Yemen’s western Mawza district. Mawza is located in Taiz Governorate, one of Yemen’s heavily contaminated areas which have seen the majority of people injured or killed by explosive remnants of war (ERW), according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs…

Director of Mawza Educational Department commends Masam teams’ role in restoring life to villages and schools of the district 

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Standing in front of the Zaid Oyoun school, which was damaged by a landmines, Ali Muhammad Abdo, Director of the Mawza Educational Department, told Masam that Houthi landmines have tragically impacted Mawza civilians, including young men, women and children.  Abdo confirmed that Houthi militias have been systematically planting landmines and improvised explosive items (IEDs), which…