The UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement reported that landmines caused 41 civilian deaths and 52 injuries in Hodeidah over the past year. Women and children accounted for 40% of the victims. While the number of incidents has decreased compared to 2023, Yemen remains deeply affected by exp...
ABYAN, Yemen — Two young sisters were injured in an explosion caused by unexploded ordnance left behind by Iran-backed Houthi militants at a displacement camp in the Shuqrah district of Abyan on Friday. According to a statement from the Shuqrah police, the injured girls, Iman Amin Zahir, ...
AL HODEIDAH, Yemen — On January 5, 2025, the United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) confirmed that 13 civilians, including eight children, were killed or injured in landmine incidents in Al Hudaydah province during December 2024. In a statement reviewed by "...
On January 1, 2024, the Yemeni Landmine Monitor, a non-governmental organization, reported that 28 civilians were killed or injured due to Houthi landmine explosions during December 2023. In a series of posts shared on X (monitored by Barran Press), the monitor detailed that their field teams d...
On December 31, 2024, the Masam project, initiated by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, announced the successful removal of 3,174 mines and unexploded ordnance in the fourth week of December. These explosives were reportedly planted by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement, classified...
On December 23, 2024, the “Masam” project, dedicated to clearing Yemen of landmines, announced that its teams successfully removed 570 landmines and unexploded ordnance last week. This brings the total cleared since the beginning of December to 2,224 explosive devices. In a press re...
Local sources reported on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, that an elderly man was injured by a landmine explosion, which they attributed to remnants of the Houthi group, internationally classified as a terrorist organization, in Hajjah Governorate (northwestern Yemen). According to the Ministry of ...
On December 16, 2024, Osama Al-Qusabi, the Director General of the Masam project, announced that the initiative has successfully removed 472,688 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) since its inception until December 13. These explosive devices were reportedly pl...
Local sources reported on Saturday, December 7, 2024, that a civilian was killed and another injured due to the explosion of a landmine in southern Hodeidah, western Yemen. The mine, identified as an "anti-vehicle" type, is believed to be one of the remnants left by the Houthi movement, ...
On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, the Saudi project for clearing landmines in Yemen, known as MASAM, announced the removal of 618 landmines and unexploded ordnance across various regions of Yemen during the fourth week of November. These devices were planted by the Iran-backed Houthi group, which is i...
On November 19, 2024, the Saudi project for clearing Yemeni lands of landmines, known as "Masam," reported that its engineering teams removed 614 landmines and unexploded ordnance during the second week of November. The project attributed these explosives to the Houthi group, which is in...
On November 18, 2024, the Yemeni Mine Observatory reported that a 13-year-old boy sustained severe injuries after being struck by an unexploded ordnance in the Durayhimi district, south of Hodeidah city. According to the observatory, the child, Yahya Mashhour, was harmed by the explosion of a w...
On November 11, 2024, the Saudi project for clearing landmines in Yemen, known as "Masam," announced that its teams removed a total of 895 landmines and unexploded ordnance during the first week of November. The organization stated that these mines were planted by the Houthi militia, whi...
On Sunday, October 27, 2024, the Saudi project for clearing landmines in Yemen, known as "Masam," announced that its engineering teams successfully removed 720 mines in various regions throughout the country during the fourth week of October. In a statement obtained by Barran Press, M...
The Saudi-led project "Masam," dedicated to clearing Yemeni lands of landmines, announced on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, that its engineering teams removed 829 mines and unexploded ordnance during the third week of October. In a statement shared with "Barran Press," Masam det...
The Masam project, part of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, reported on Tuesday that its teams removed a total of 5,962 landmines planted by the Houthi group across several Yemeni provinces in September 2024. In a statement shared with Barran Press, the center noted that duri...
Three civilians, including a woman, have been killed by landmines in three Yemeni governorates over the past week, according to human rights sources. The mines are believed to be remnants of explosives planted by the Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization by several countries. The...
A recent human rights report, released on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, has documented a tragic toll on Yemen's farmers and herders, with 2,099 casualties – 1,021 killed and 1,078 injured – resulting from landmines and crossfire in various Yemeni governorates since the war began in ...
Taiz, Yemen: Abdulkarim Al-Sufi, a young man from the village of "Al-Tweer" in the western rural area of Taiz Governorate, used to work in date farming, relying on this profession to provide for his family's needs. However, the war forced him to flee his village and leave his fa...
Al-Qouz, a village in the western countryside of Taiz governorate, is one of many Yemeni villages that have been heavily mined by the Houthi group, internationally recognized as a terrorist organization. Local residents told Barran Press that the Houthis planted landmines and explosives in home...