As Swedish diplomat Hans Grundberg was appointed as the new UN Special Envoy for Yemen on 6 August, effectively supporting the international and regional efforts on achieving the political settlement in Yemen, Project Masam continues to witness a trail of landmines planted by the Houthi militias as they retreat from areas in Al-Jawf province. Fighting…
On 27 May 2021, Masam was called after a mine laid by Houthi militias exploded on a boat in the Jabal Sheikh Saeed area of the strategic Bab Al-Mandab Strait. Since Yemen’s civil was began in 2014, Houthi militias have planted land and seamines across Yemen. Coastal communities in Yemen are direct victims of these…
18 civilians have been killed by landmines in Yemen between April and June 2021, a local rights-advocacy organisation has revealed. Since 2015, Yemen’s Houthi militia, have and are still routinely employing landmines directly against civilians – extensively and indiscriminately. Terrorised civilian populations are forced to leave their cities and villages, agricultural land and schools. Mines…
Project Masam has joined a new campaign to highlight the breadth and depth of Yemeni projects and individuals working for peace. The campaign is led by the Yemen Policy Center, an independent think tank established in 2020 by a group of Yemeni and German researchers associated with the Yemen Polling Center, a Yemeni NGO, headquartered…
Hundreds of thousands of civilians, mostly women and children, have been affected by landmines and other explosive items planted by Houthi militias, an advisor to the Minister of Youth and Sports has said. Since 2015, Yemen’s Houthi militia, have and are still routinely employing landmines directly against civilians – extensively and indiscriminately. Deployed offensively, landmines…
Maca, Dora, Henk, Lina, Sebes, Zekk, Niko… These are the furry members of Project Masam’s elite K9 team, trained to keep teams safe by locating trace amounts of explosives and alerting their handlers. With a sense of smell that is 10,000 to 100,000 times more acute than humans’, dogs can be used in different roles within…
Project Masam is pleased to announce the renewal of its life-saving operation in Yemen for a fourth year. Through the generosity and humanitarian vision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its leadership, Project Masam will continue to clear landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IED) throughout the liberated areas of Yemen. To…
Regardless of the rainy season and security issues linked to tribal clashes in Yemen’s West Coast region, Project Masam clearance teams are continuing to undertake mine clearance operations to the best of their ability by adapting to new threats. The weather in Yemen varies on geography. Yemen’s western highlands have two distinct rainy seasons -…
Project Masam has destroyed a total of 261,800 emplaced landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) since it entered Yemen in mid-2018. As our humanitarian mine clearing operations continue, we spoke to our demining expert Training Officer Deon von Landsberg about the demolition process. Why does Masam demolish the explosive items it finds?…
Project Masam teams have carried out a destruction and detonation operation for 2,431 mines and other explosive items in Yemen’s West Coast. Engineer Yehya Atef Saeed, Acting Leader Team 30, said the thousands of landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance (UXO) had been located by 13 Masam teams across the West Coast including…
