Fifteen civilians have been killed or injured by landmines in Yemen in November 2023, according to a local organisation which identifies and reports these mines. In Yemen, landmines and other unexploded ordnances are among the most prominent threats facing civilians across different areas of the country. The Yemeni Observatory for Landmine Removal, which also monitors…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 3,797 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in November 2023. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 758 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including 600 UXO and 115 anti-tank mines, bringing the total of explosives that…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 423,794 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,421 anti-personnel mines, 142,113 anti-tank mines, 267,340 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 7,920 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 52,044,019 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
The International Group of Experts on Yemen has found that “most [human rights] violations investigated by the Panel were attributed to the Houthis” and called on the Houthis to stop the indiscriminate use of landmines and remove existing landmines from civilian areas under their control. The United Nations Human Rights Council established the Group of…
Landmines have continued to injure and kill civilians across several area of Yemen in recent days. In Al-Bayda Governorate, located near centre of Yemen, a Houthi landmine killed two children who were herding sheep near their home in Al-Zahir District, sources told Project Masam. According a local source, the two children, seven-years-old Farhan Abdo Al-Humayqani…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 3,039 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in November 2023. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 102 mixed landmines and 588 UXO last week, bringing the total of explosives that have been removed since…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 423,036 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,399 anti-personnel mines, 141,998 anti-tank mines, 266,740 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 7,899 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 51,774,532 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
The Director of a Prosthetics Center in central Yemeni city of Marib has claimed that Project Masam’s humanitarian landmine clearance efforts have contributed significantly to reducing the number of civilian casualties. Project Masam first started clearing landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance in Marib in mid-2018. Dr. Ashraf Bahamri, Director of the Prosthetics Center in Marib,…
This week, we visited one of our demining teams, Team 28, who is operating in extremely difficult circumstances above Yemen’s Red Sea Coast. Located north east of the strategic town of Dhubab and south east of Quddam in the south-western Taiz Governorate, the team is currently clearing a steep mountain flank, which was used as…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 2,345 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in November 2023. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams last week removed and cleared 873 items including 113 anti-tank mines and 755 UXO, bringing the total removed this…
