Like every child in the world, seven-year-old Ahmed Salem Salahum eagerly waited for the morning to play. He loved spending time with his classmates and friends in his village after returning from school. But young Ahmed also used to hear warnings from his parents and teachers in the classroom about landmines. With anxious-ridden faces, they…
A delegation of the United Nations (UN) Mission to support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) has visited Project Masam teams working in the liberated areas of Hudaydah Governorate. During the visit on Saturday (12 August), the international delegation was represented by expert Leon Visagi Lou, assistant Iveta Havaikova, and political affairs coordinator Muhammad Ismail Khan. The…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 2,068 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during the month of August so far. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that last week the teams managed to remove two anti-personnel mines, 112 anti-tank mines, 926 UXO and 15 IEDs, bringing…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 410,701 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,285 anti-personnel mines, 140,510 anti-tank mines, 7,863 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 256,043 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 48,738,891 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
The battles in Al-Dhale governorate in southern Yemen may have ended, but the suffering of civilians continues. In the Qa’tabah district, one of the most important districts of Al-Dhale governorate where civilians face the threat of landmines, Project Masam’s demining teams have been clearing explosive threats. After successful clearance, Project Masam’s teams opened the roads,…
Project Masam Team 15 today has located and dismantled five large-sized improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Usaylan district, in south Yemen’s resource-rich governorate of Shabwah. The team initially received a report from a local civilian, who believed to have spotted suspected IEDs in the Shmeisan area of Usaylan district. The demining team immediately moved to…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 1,013 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during the first week of August. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that last week the teams managed to remove 890 UXO and 123 anti-tank mines. The project’s demining teams cleared 275,097 square…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 409,646 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,283 anti-personnel mines, 140,398 anti-tank mines, 7,848 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 255,117 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 48,508,463 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Three civilians have been killed by landmines in two separate accidents in Al-Jawf governorate earlier this morning. In the Sakia area of Al-Ghayl district, Hadi Mohammed Al-Ja’ouni, in his fifties, was killed when a landmine exploded while he was grazing his cattle. Meanwhile, in the Al-Khalfain area of Khabb wa ash Sha’af district, two civilians…
A child has been killed by a Houthi landmine today while he was grazing sheep in the south of Hays district, in one of the most heavily mined areas in Yemen. The leader of Masam Team 26, Sami Saeed, confirmed that the child, a 12-year-old boy named Muhammad Amin, was killed due to the explosion…
