Masam clears 382,094 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 382,094 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 5,999 anti-personnel mines, 135,763 anti-tank mines, 7,673 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 232,659 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 43,191,057sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic…

2,000 civilians killed by landmines in Yemen’s Taiz governorate since 2015, claims lawyer

A lawyer has claimed that up to 2,000 civilians have been killed by landmines in Yemen’s Taiz Governorate since 2015. Omar al-Hamiri, lawyer and human rights activist, said that since 2018, Project Masam has cleared 5,000 internationally-banned anti-personnel landmines. Al-Hamiri said, “Taiz has suffered from different crimes committed by the Houthi militia, yet the random…