Abd Elbaset Abd El Jalil was badly injured when a landmine exploded as he drove his car. “I was surprised as I was driving on my way safely, I don’t know where the mine came from,” El Jalil said. “The mine split my car in two, the passenger who was next to me died and…
The humanitarian landmine clearance project Masam has reached a significant milestone, having cleared 100,000 anti-tank landmines in Yemen since the start of the project in 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 of…
Civilians displaced by the conflict in western Yemen are returning home after liberation to find their houses and villages mined, Project Masam has warned. In November this year, Yemen’s pro-government forces took full control of previously-held key areas in eastern Hays, in southern Hodeidah Governorate. The Hays District was initially liberated in 2018 but Hodeidah…
A teenager has been killed by an anti-personnel landmines in western Yemen as Project Masam’s demining experts are called in for an emergency survey of the area following the incident. The area, situated south of the strategic port city of Hodeidah, is one of the most heavily mined in Yemen. Houthi militias laid landmines as they retreated…
As the children huddle on the rough ground and whisper to each other, a mine clearance expert starts distributing flyers with photos of deadly explosives. We are in Yemen’s Taiz Governorate and Masam’s Project Manager and Technical Advisor Loedie Voges is about to start a Mine Risk Education (MRE) and awareness session for the village’s schoolchildren in…
Project Masam has announced its has located and destroyed 293,561 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 4,252 anti-personnel mines, 98,725 anti-tank mines, 6,168 improvised explosive devices and 184,416 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 26,942,387sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic areas…
One of Project Masam’s demining teams has discovered and cleared dozens of landmines in a recently liberated area in Yemen’s Taiz Governorate. This area in Yemen’s western coast has been a hotspot of the country’s ongoing war. Masam continues to witness a trail of landmines and other remnants of war left behind by Houthi militias,…
Project Masam has announced its has located and destroyed 291,931 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 4,226 anti-personnel mines, 97,978 anti-tank mines, 6,137 improvised explosive devices and 183,590 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 28,224,345sqm of land since mid-2018. Last week (27 November – 03 December 2021) alone, Project Masam deminers removed 1,578 deadly items,…
A large number of landmines have been planted in the healthcare centre, school and water tank in Al-Dahiya village, Al-Khawkhah Directorate, Project Masam’s Technical Expert Fayez Al-Harbi, has revealed. The area, situated south of the strategic port city of Hodeidah, is one of the most heavily mined in Yemen. Houthi militias laid landmines as they…
As he lays on the arid ground, a huge explosion deafens the deminer. Sand and debris blow up in the air, leaving behind them a trail of dust. The Yemeni deminer has just “pulled” a booby-trapped landmine he has discovered in this area close to the Saudi border, where he and his colleagues of the…
