Masam clears 371,236 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced its has located and destroyed 371,236 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 5,701 anti-personnel mines, 134,108 anti-tank mines, 7,568 improvised explosive devices and 223,859 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 40,264,827sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic areas have been left littered with Houthi anti-personnel mines and anti-tank mines, along with unexploded remnants…

Two children killed by Houthi mine, south of Al Hodeidah 

Two children were killed in the explosion of a landmine in Al Hodeidah Governorate in western Yemen, according to local sources.  The Ad-Durayhimi district’s two children; Hayel Mohsen Zaid Mu’sali, 14, and Fouad Ali Mohammad Mu’sali, 15, lost their lives immediately, the sources reported.  Local sources said the accident took place as the teenagers were…