A father has told how his son was left with emotional and psychological trauma after he was involved in a landmine accident in Bayhan district in Yemen’s Shabwah Governorate. Hussein Nasser Al-Abab told Project Masam how his son was heading to a hill with a friend when they detonated a landmines. Here is his story.
One of Project Masam’s teams has cleared 39 minefields in a heavily contaminated area of Yemen’s Shabwah province. Engineer Ali Abdullah al-Rimi, Leader of Team 9, which operates in Osilan district, said that his team has so far cleared 39 minefields, including fields of anti-tank and anti-personnel landmines, and other fields planted almost exclusively with…
Project Masam destroyed thousands of landmines and explosive items despite challenging circumstances, according to Engineer Adib Rajab, Deputy Team Leader of Project Masam’s Special Task Team. Rajab said that Project Masam destroyed 1,526 mines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices that posed a threat to civilian lives in several Yemeni regions. The deputy team leader indicated…
Project Masam has successfully removed and destroyed 622 landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and various unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Yemen’s Murrah area of Ataq district in Shabwah. The Technical Survey Team leader Engineer Hussein Alaqili, confirmed the destruction and detonation of 622 mines and UXO, which included 600 UXO, 20 anti-tank mines, and two naval mines…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 373,894 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 5,892 anti-personnel mines, 134,632 anti-tank mines, 7,632 improvised explosive devices and 225,738 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 41,039,283sqm of land since 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…
This International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Project Masam wanted to highlight the impact of mines and explosive remnants of war on women and girls. Since Yemen’s civil was began in 2014, Houthi militias have planted millions of land and naval mines across vast areas of the war-torn country and its territorial waters. Unfortunately, the gender dimensions of…
Due to the large number of landmines planted in schools, colleges and universities in Yemen’s Harib district, Project Masam began clearing these vital facilities to ensure the education process could be restored for millions of Yemeni children. Dr. Amin Duweihan, an academic at the Faculty of Education in Bayhan, said that the project has already…
A student has described how parents feared their children would be illiterate after the presence of landmines prevented them from going to school in several Yemeni governorates. Mohamed Al-Masabi, a student in the Faculty of Education in Bayhan, said that landmines caused extensive damage, after Houthi militias targeted schools and educational facilities. The student thanked…
Abdullah Sha’noun, the director of activities at the Education Office in Yemen’s Harib district, has said that everyone in Yemen has suffered either directly or indirectly due to landmines. “Everyone is targeted: the young, the adult, the merchant, the farmer, the civilian, the military, the activist, the student, and even the sick,” Sha’noun said. “Everyone…
An academic, who has witnessed Project Masam’s work, has said that the humanitarian landmine clearance project has brought normal life back to Yemenis. Thanking Project Masam for its role in Yemen, Dr. Amin Duweihan, an academic at the Faculty of Education in Bayhan, said that the project has already had a big impact on civilians,…
