A large number of landmines have been planted in the healthcare centre, school and water tank in Al-Dahiya village, Al-Khawkhah Directorate, Project Masam’s Technical Expert Fayez Al-Harbi, has revealed. The area, situated south of the strategic port city of Hodeidah, is one of the most heavily mined in Yemen. Houthi militias laid landmines as they…
As he lays on the arid ground, a huge explosion deafens the deminer. Sand and debris blow up in the air, leaving behind them a trail of dust. The Yemeni deminer has just “pulled” a booby-trapped landmine he has discovered in this area close to the Saudi border, where he and his colleagues of the…
One of Project Masam’s 32 demining teams has cleared and removed hundreds of anti-tank mines and anti-personnel mines in one location in Marib Province during the month of October. Since Yemen’s civil was began in 2014, Houthi militias have planted land and seamines across the war-torn country. Civilian communities in Yemen are direct victims of these explosive items. Masam…
Project Masam has announced it has located, cleared and destroyed 1,565 dangerous explosive items between 06 November and 12 November 2021 in Yemen. Since Yemen’s civil was began in 2014, Houthi militias have planted land and seamines across the war-torn country. Civilian communities in Yemen are direct victims of these explosive items. More than five million…
On 4 November 2021, Project Masam carried out a bulk demolition of 1,073 explosive items including 109 anti-tank mines, 33 anti-personnel mines, five improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 926 unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Bab al-Mandab on Yemen’s western coast. In alignment with the global mine action sector, Project Masam’s responsibilities include the clearance, removal or…
Masam experts have visited Teams 27 and 28 in Al-Alfaqi village in the mountainous Al Bugar area, located in the Karsh district in Yemen’s southern power keg Lahj Province. Both teams are clearing an anti-personnel minefield, with Team 27, led by Ali Hadi Rashid Hussaen, doing clearance and Leader Fekry Hasan Naji’s Team 28 conducting…
Last week, two Masam teams were separately contacted by locals, who asked if they could hand in landmines that they had found in their villages in Yemen’s central Provinces of Marib and Shabwah, respectively. Both provinces have been central frontlines in the conflict between Houthi militias and pro-government forces and have been littered with landmines and other remnants of…
Ali Hadi Rashid, Leader of Team 27, told Project Masam his team has been commissioned to survey an area near Al-Omari school in the Dhubab area in the Taiz Governorate of south-western Yemen following local reports. Located on the country’s Red Sea coast, south of the city of Al Hudaydah, Dhubab had been a power keg…
Nazmi Musleh, a local resident from the Karsh district in Yemen’s southern power keg Lahj Province has described life amongst Houthi landmines. Since the break out of the war, the Karsh frontline has been the scene of intense fighting between the Yemeni government forces and Houthi-backed militias. According to Project Masam, Houthis have used landmines…
Translators and interpreters have a crucial role to play in the context of humanitarian demining. With the support of these linguistic experts with in-depth mine action knowledge, we are able to communicate with our local Yemeni deminers, local government and authorities, and educate the local population about the risks of landmines and other explosive threats. Last week, we…
