Hundreds of civilians have been killed and injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Yemen, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has revealed. In an update, the OCHA’s office in Yemen said that it had found that 343 civilians had been killed and injured by explosive threats in the…
After five years of hard work, Masam’s deminers are proud of the impact of their work in Yemen’s southwestern region of Taiz. Masam’s demining teams have been clearing landmines in Al-Rama, the largest agricultural area in Taiz governorate since 2018. This week, Masam caught up with Hassan Al-Gahouri, the leader of Team 17. Watch Al-Ghouri describe how…
Two children were killed in the explosion of a landmine in Al Hodeidah Governorate in western Yemen, according to local sources. The Ad-Durayhimi district’s two children; Hayel Mohsen Zaid Mu’sali, 14, and Fouad Ali Mohammad Mu’sali, 15, lost their lives immediately, the sources reported. Local sources said the accident took place as the teenagers were…
After being stuck in a limbo for years due to shifting frontlines and the presence of Houthi landmines, Bani Al-Fartoot village in Al-Khokha has finally found a way out after Project Masam came to clear explosive threats, allowing the village to recover. By bringing its expertise and state-of-the-art equipment, Masam’s Team 26 was able to…
Project Masam has announced its has located and destroyed 370,117 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 5,695 anti-personnel mines, 133,822 anti-tank mines, 7,557 improvised explosive devices and 223,043 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 39,959,663sqm 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…
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…
Yemen is facing a grave crisis caused by mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by Houthi militias, Project Masam’s Managing Director has told a leading Egyptian newspaper. Ousama Algosaibi told Al-Dustour newspaper that Houthi militias have indiscriminately planted more than one million landmines of different shapes and sizes – and in the complete absence…
