Civilians in the Harib district of the Marib Governorate have been indiscriminately affected by Houthi landmines, a local chief has claimed. Sheikh Al-Tuhaifi, a member of the local council in Harib, said that landmines have caused a great deal of damage caused to civilians, their property and livestock. Al-Tuhaifi told Project Masam that landmines have…
“I dedicated my life to contributing to demining operations in many countries worldwide,” said Osama Al-Gosaibi who chose this career. Having trained in the hands of British mine and explosives expert Guy Luxe during the Gulf War for 10 years, Al-Gosaibi is currently Project Masam’s Managing Director. Al-Gosaibi, who worked with the United Nations in…
Masam has concluded a training and refreshers course for 11 demining engineers at the project’s headquarters in Aden, Yemen’s temporary capital. Due to changes in landmine warfare, Masam has created special training modules to mitigate these emerging threats — particularly for teams operating in the most-at-risk areas. Deminers are trained both in the use of the best…
Project Masam has successfully removed and destroyed 1,601 landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and various unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Yemen’s Taiz Governorate. The destruction operation, in Bab al-Mandeb district, included 451 anti-tank mines, 112 UXO, 451 assorted fuses, 10 anti-personnel mines, five IEDs, and 617 assorted bullets. Masam Area Supervisor engineer Nayef Al-Kaldi said all…
