Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 389,706 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,062 anti-personnel mines, 136,999 anti-tank mines, 7,739 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 238,906 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 44,850,678sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic…
More often than not in Yemen, women bear the burdens of running the households under extreme stress. Fathia Saleh Muhammad Bin Muhammad comes from Taiz. When the frontlines moved closer and closer, the roads and dirt paths near her were closed off. The family struggled to meet their daily needs. “We did not have firewood,…
Project Masam has destroyed 995 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and explosive devices (IEDs) in Bab al-Mandab, on Yemen’s West Coast.
Yemen has been ravaged by war for the past eight years, and while the violence has killed, injured and displaced millions, Yemenis are now also facing the prospect of running out of usable water. Hussein Saleh Mubarak, who hails from the village of Dar Al-Mansar in Usaylan Directorate, said his village had suffered during the…
Project Masam’s operations room has announced that last week, the project teams have removed 882 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices last week, bringing the total number of explosives removed in February to 3,538. In its statement, Project Masam said that the project teams have removed 681 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and one improvised explosive device…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 388,433 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,060 anti-personnel mines, 136,779 anti-tank mines, 7,728 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 237,866 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 44,635,070sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic…
Within the framework of the cooperation and cooperation with Aden General Hospital, Project Masam’s assistant managing director Qasim Al-Dossary accompanied by the project’s medical team, paid a visit to Aden General Hospital, which is funded by the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen, to get briefed on the humanitarian services delivered by the hospital.…
Saeed Abdul Qaher was walking with his cousins when they triggered a landmine. The severity of the teenager’s injuries meant that his left leg was amputated. Because of the pain and the medical care he received, Saeed was unable to study. While he says he is unable to walk long distances today, he is fighting to…
The third edition of the Riyadh International Humanitarian Forum (RIHF3) was launched today (Monday February 20), and it will continue for two days, in partnership with the United Nations. The RIHF is based on the commitment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to its humanitarian and developmental role and under the patronage of the Custodian…
Judge Ishraq Al-Maqtari, a member of the National Commission to Investigate Alleged Violations to Human Rights (NCIAVHR) in Yemen has claimed that the manufacturing, storing, transferring and planting of landmines in Yemen are among the crimes investogated by several local, national, and international bodies concerned with human rights due to their grave impact on individuals,…
