Sadly, in Yemen, Mossad Naji’s story is far too common. Naji is a grandfather who lives in the Shakhb village in the Al Dala’a Governorate. Since the beginning of Yemen’s full-blown armed conflict in December 2013, the southern province of Al Dala’a (also known as al-Dhale) has been a battleground between various separatist factions, Houthi militias and pro-government…
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…
Leader of Masam’s Team 15, Engineer Sultan Al-Qubei has confirmed the successful completion of surveying and clearing of landmines in the Shaqt Al-Alqa desert area in Yemen’s Shabwah governorate. The demining team has been operating for two months in this vital area which links the Hareb, Beihan and Usaylan districts. Al-Qubei pointed out that most…
The Houthi Militias turned schools into military barracks and warehouses to stock landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in all regions occupied. Villagers believe these methods were taken to destroy the education system in Yemen. Al Shaab School in Jabal Habashi District in Taiz Governorate is one of the hundreds of schools that were damaged…
Seven civilians, including two children, were killed and injured, after landmines planted by the Houthi militia exploded in three provinces. The Yemeni Landmine Observatory said that the two civilians, Yahya Mutlaq Naas and Yahya Muhammad Ghafisa were killed while riding their motorcycle after an anti-personnel landmine detonated in the Anbara area of Al-Matoun District, in…
A villager has described how civilians have experienced successive disasters due to the presence of landmines in his area in Yemen’s western Mawza district. Muhammad Saleh Maraani, who is from Al-Safalia village, told Project Masam villagers lost their livelihoods and access to drinking water. The villager told how social life was brought to a standstill,…
Between Autumn 2021 and Spring 2022, humanitarian landmine clearance project Masam’s deminers witnessed a rise in the targeting of demining activities. In short, Yemen’s Houthi militia — who are designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation by the internationally-recognised Yemeni government-in-exile and the United Nations — were reportedly fitting landmines with something called anti-handling mechanisms that means that…
The Yemeni Minister of Water and Environment Tawfiq Al-Sharjabi has described how Project Masam has contributed to mitigate the effects and repercussions of humanitarian and environmental disasters caused by Houthi landmines in Yemen. In cooperation with the Yemeni government, Masam succeeded in clearing large quantities of landmines in heavily contaminated areas – notably the West…
Project Masam has destroyed hundreds of anti-tank mines in the west of Yemen’s Shabwah province. Leader of Team 14, Engineer Muhammad Qamata, confirmed that the engineering teams removed 462 landmines in the past weeks from the districts of Behan, Usaylan and Ain in Shabwah province and Hareb district, south of Marib province. Qamata explained…
Project Masam has successfully removed and destroyed 1,392 landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and various unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Yemen’s Taiz Governorate. The destruction operation, in Bab al-Mandeb district, included 483 anti-tank mines, 46 UXO, 483 assorted fuses, 12 anti-personnel mines, five IEDs, and 368 assorted bullets. Engineer Adeeb Rajab, Deputy Commander of the Special Task…
