Masam clears 373,894 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 373,894 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 5,892 anti-personnel mines, 134,632 anti-tank mines, 7,632 improvised explosive devices and 225,738 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 41,039,283sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic areas have been left littered with Houthi anti-personnel mines and anti-tank mines, along with unexploded remnants…

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women: We need to eradicate landmines’ deadly legacy disproportionally impacting women and girls

This International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Project Masam wanted to highlight the impact of mines and explosive remnants of war on women and girls. Since Yemen’s civil was began in 2014, Houthi militias have planted millions of land and naval mines across vast areas of the war-torn country and its territorial waters.  Unfortunately, the gender dimensions of…

Parents feared children would be illiterate after landmines prevented them from attending school, says student

A student has described how parents feared their children would be illiterate after the presence of landmines prevented them from going to school in several Yemeni governorates. Mohamed Al-Masabi, a student in the Faculty of Education in Bayhan, said that landmines caused extensive damage, after Houthi militias targeted schools and educational facilities. The student thanked…

‘Everyone in Yemen has suffered either directly or indirectly due to landmines,’ says education director

Abdullah Sha’noun, the director of activities at the Education Office in Yemen’s Harib district, has said that everyone in Yemen has suffered either directly or indirectly due to landmines. “Everyone is targeted: the young, the adult, the merchant, the farmer, the civilian, the military, the activist, the student, and even the sick,” Sha’noun said. “Everyone…

Landmines disintegrate Yemeni society, says student

Walid Al-Bakri, a student at the College of Education in Bayhan, has said that landmines are disintegrating the Yemeni society. In a conversation with Project Masam, the student said that the number of landmines and the randomness of their planting is the biggest issue in his country. Al-Bakri explained that landmines impede life as they…

Masam destroys 1,526 landmines in Bab al-Mandab 

Project Masam has successfully removed and destroyed 1,526 landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and various unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Yemen’s Taiz Governorate. The destruction operation, in Bab al-Mandeb district, included 416 anti-tank mines, 46 UXO, 416 assorted fuses, and 648 assorted bullets.  Engineer Adeeb Rajab, deputy commander of the task force for the Aden sector and…