While Radwa Muthana Nagi Al-Gini was playing next to her house in the Al-Shakhb neighbourhood in the Qa’atabah District of the governorate of Dhalea, she stumbled on a Houthi landmine. Fortunately, the eight-year old had learned a lot about the different types of landmines found in Yemen, and the importance of not touching them…
A child has been killed and another three injured in the explosion of a camouflaged landmine in Yemen’s west coast. Local sources and human rights organisations claimed that the children, aged between four and 15 triggered a camouflaged landmine in a mountainous area south of the district of At Tuhayta, in the south of Al…
Project Masam’s operations room has announced that last week, the project teams removed 782 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). In its statement, Project Masam confirmed the demining teams removed 165 anti-tank mines, 612 UXO and five IEDs this week alone. The total area cleared since the beginning of the project in…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 393,804 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,086 anti-personnel mines, 137,905 anti-tank mines, 7,761 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 242,052 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 45,367,536sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic…
On the occasion of World Health Day, Project Masam has looked into the far-reaching physical and psychological effects of landmines in Yemen. Because of extensively planted landmines, Yemenis have paid a very heavy toll – both physically and psychologically- of which the world knows only a fraction. In Al-Arbaeen district of Taiz city, a young…
Almost all the vital facilities in Yemen have been damaged by the huge number of camouflaged landmines randomly laid across the country which have killed or injured tens of thousands of civilians since the beginning of the war. On International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, we wanted to paint an accurate…
On the occasion of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, Project Masam has launched an awareness campaign on the dangers of landmines in the governorates of Taiz and Marib. Within the framework of this campaign, Masam’s teams designed awareness banners containing warning instructions about the dangers of landmines and the…
On the occasion of the International Mine Awareness Day, Project Masam has destroyed 1,185 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Bab al-Mandab province in Yemen’s Taiz governorate. The detonation operation, which was carried out by Masam specialised teams, included 316 anti-tank mines, 321 UXO, 491 varied fuses, 39 anti-personnel mines, and…
Project Masam’s operations room has announced that last week, the project teams removed 804 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). In its statement, Project Masam confirmed the demining teams removed 741 anti-tank mines, 2,534 UXO and 17 IEDs this week alone. Since the beginning of the month, management also said that the…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 393,022 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,086 anti-personnel mines, 137,740 anti-tank mines, 7,756 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 241,440 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 45,367,536sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic…
