On Thursday, a 9-year-old girl, Aisha Ali Bakheet, was killed by a landmine explosion in Beit al-Faqih district of Hodeidah governorate, according to human rights sources. The Yemeni Mine Observatory reported on X that Aisha was herding sheep in the "Amzahar" area when the blast occurred...
The Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance (MASAM) has announced the removal of 1,250 mines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Yemen since the beginning of February. These explosive devices were planted by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. In the past week alone...
The Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance in Yemen (Masam) announced Wednesday, February 12, 2025, the successful destruction of 1,749 pieces of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Dhubab and Bab al-Mandeb, Taiz governorate. The clearance operation, conducted by Masam's second special tasks team, neutr...
The Saudi demining project, Masam, reported on February 10th that its teams removed 714 mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Yemen last week. This included 30 anti-tank mines and 684 UXO. Since its launch in 2018, Masam has cleared a total of 481,240 mines and UXO. Osama Al-Qasibi, the...
Shohood, a human rights organization, reported on Sunday that a civilian was killed by a landmine explosion in the Nihm district, east of Sana'a. The landmine was one of many planted by the Iran-backed Houthi group. In a statement shared with Barran Press, Shohood identified the victim as A...
A woman was critically injured by a Houthi sniper in Taiz, southwestern Yemen, on Sunday, according to local sources. September Net, the Yemeni army's website, reported that Noor Ghalib was shot in the head late Saturday while gathering firewood near her home in the Asifra area. She w...
Five civilians, including a child, were injured in separate landmine explosions in Al Hudaydah and Al Jawf, Yemen, on Monday, according to a rights monitor. The Yemen Landmine Monitor reported on X platform, as observed by Barran Press, that a father and son were injured in Al Khawkhah, Hodeid...
A traveler was injured and his vehicle destroyed on Sunday when it struck a Houthi-planted landmine in Al-Jawf, northeastern Yemen. The explosion occurred on a desert road, impacting the vehicle of Mohammed Ali Shua'i Mahdi. While Mr. Mahdi was injured and taken to Al-Jawf Hospital, other pass...
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...
On January 11, 2025, Israeli forces reported nine soldiers were either killed or injured in a double ambush in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza. Four soldiers died, and five were injured when a high-explosive device targeted a patrol. The attack combined a landmine explosion and gunfire. Since Octobe...
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, ...
The MASAM Project, part of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, announced on January 6, 2025, that its teams have successfully removed 477,583 landmines, unexploded munitions, and improvised explosive devices since the project began. Osama Al-Qusaibi, the Director General of the ...
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...
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...
Local sources reported on November 8, 2024, that a young man was injured by the explosion of a landmine, remnants of the Iran-aligned Houthi group, classified as a terrorist organization, in southern Al-Hudaydah Province. According to Yemen’s Ministry of Defense website, September Net, th...
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...