Three civilians from a same family have been injured in the explosion of a landmine on a desert road in Al-Jawf Governorate, northern Yemen. A local source in Al-Jawf Governorate told Project Masam’s press office that a Houthi landmine detonated under the car of civilian Sam Saleh Ali al-Dabaa, who was travelling with his brothers…
The lines on Fatima Qa’eid’s face are a witness to how difficult her life has been. In the midst of the war rocking her area, Fatima walked on a landmine on the road. It badly affected her back and one of her legs was amputated. Today, Fatima spends most of the day on her dilapidated…
The director of Al-Shaab School in the village of Akkad, Ahmed Muhammad Al-Barkani, has said that Project Masam’s teams have enabled the educational process in the school to get back on track, after completely securing it from landmines. Al-Barkani said that the demining operations which Masam carried out in Al-Shaab School enabled the school staff…
Project Masam’s operations room has announced that the project teams have removed 1,282 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices last week. In its statement, Project Masam said that the project teams have removed 1,151 unexploded ordnance and two explosive devices since the beginning of the month. Management added that the project teams removed this week…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 380,887 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 5,985 anti-personnel mines, 135,648 anti-tank mines, 7,672 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 231,582 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 42,916,981sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic…
In southwestern Yemen, Haj Abdullah left his house on a street leading to the Republican hospital in Taiz, when a Houthi landmine exploded just metres away from the healthcare complex. Following the incident, Haj Abdullah’s body was pierced by shrapnel and his leg had to be amputated. “When the mine first exploded I felt nothing,…
The Human Rights Office in the Al-Jawf district has found 101 human rights violations caused by Houthi landmines across every district of the governorate in 2022. In its report, the human rights office stated that in 2022, landmines caused killed 34 civilians and injured 67 – most of whom have become permanently disabled. This is…
Three civilians have been killed and injured in the explosions of Houthi landmines in the governorates of Al-Jawf, north-east of Yemen, and Lahij, in the south the same day. Local sources in the governorate of Al-Jawf reported that Yahia Derham al-Sha’ery was injured on Sunday January 1 in the explosion of a landmine left behind…
Project Masam’s operations room has announced that the project teams have removed 969 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices last week bringing the total number of mines and explosive items removed since the beginning of the month to 4,404. In its statement, Project Masam said that the project teams have removed 2,968 unexploded ordnance and…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 379,605 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 5,979 anti-personnel mines, 135,525 anti-tank mines, 7,670 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 230,431 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 42,644,021sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic…
