Four civilians from the Al-Tahita District in Al-Hudaydah Governorate have been injured in a landmine blast, Project Masam can confirm. Masam’s humanitarian mine clearance teams operate throughout Yemen in seven Governorates, including Al-Hudaydah located on Yemen’s west coast. The Governorate has been badly affected by Houthi landmines which continue to threaten the lives and livelihoods of…
As the battle for the strategic northern city of Marib continues to flares up between government forces and Houthi militias, Project Masam clearance teams have been adapting activities and approaches amid these moving frontlines. “We are not allowing the Masam Teams to work in areas where they might be harmed due to the ongoing battles…
Project Masam has raised the alarm over the Houthis’ use of children to plant landmines and other explosive items across Yemen. This warning comes after the United Nations (UN) last month condemned the Houthi rebels’ large-scale recruitment of children and grave abuses recorded against minors. During the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, the UN Secretary…
Khalid Nagi Saeid, Ghadeer Abdallah, Fatima Mohammad Haidar, and Saliha Abdah and their families are just a fraction of the four million people who remain displaced by war and violence in Yemen today. Landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and explosive remnants of war (UXO) continue to threaten the safe return of millions of IDPs and…
Thousands have been killed by Houthi forces in Yemen between 2019 and 2020, according to the latest report by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). ACLED’s annual review reviews the past 12 months of data on political violence and demonstration activity around the world. Despite the overall decline, political violence actually increased…
No humanitarian demining team tasked to travel and work on demining sites and in remote locations can do so without the essential presence of a dedicated National trauma trained medic. Project Masam currently has 40 medics deployed in Yemen: 32 National demining team medics, two National Medical Co-ordinators (headquartered in Ma’rib and in Aden) and three International medics, who…
As Project Masam approaches its four-year anniversary, the humanitarian mine clearance programme has announced its has located and destroyed 254,918 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 3,858 anti-personnel mines, 80,420 anti-tank mines, 6,040 improvised explosive devices and 164,600 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 23,270,112sqm of land since mid-2018. Last week (5 June – 11…
Since it began in 2014, the civil war in Yemen has kept evolving. From changes in local power dynamics and the forced enrolment of child soldiers to the use of banned anti-personnel landmines and modified explosive devices, these developments have all been at the expense of Yemeni civilians. According to Project Masam, 85% of all…
Holding periodic refresher or continuation training is essential to update, correct or enhance skills; and forms part of Project Masam’s life-saving work in liberated areas in Yemen. Explaining the need for refresher training courses, Khaled Salem Shayef – a Yemeni deminer working for Project Masam’s Team 30 who received training from Project Masam’s experts -…
Project Masam is proud to announce it has reached a milestone of a quarter of a million explosive items located, removed and destroyed across Yemen, as it continues its life-saving work to protect civilians. Since 2015, Houthis militias have and are still routinely employing landmines directly against civilians – extensively, intentionally and indiscriminately. Terrorised civilian…
