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...
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...
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...
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 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...
The Saudi Project MASAM for clearing Yemeni landmines announced on Sunday, August 25th, that its teams have removed 771 unexploded ordnance and 59 anti-tank mines in the past week. In a statement reviewed by Barran Press, the center explained that field teams had removed 3,045 unexploded ...
Hodeidah, Yemen - A civilian worker was injured on Tuesday, August 13th, when a mine detonator exploded while he was working at a scrap metal shop in Hays district, south of Hodeidah governorate, according to the Yemeni Ministry of Interior. The Ministry's statement, released by the Se...
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...
The Yemeni Mine Action Center reported on Sunday, July 28, 2024, that one child was killed and 11 civilians, including children and women, were injured in landmine explosions in four Yemeni governorates over the past 24 hours. The landmines were remnants of the Houthi group, internationally ...
The Saudi Project for the Clearance of Yemeni Landmines (MASAM) announced on Sunday, July 28, 2024, that its field teams have cleared 831,729 square meters of land in Yemen since the beginning of July. The project stated in a press release, obtained by Barran Press", that its teams r...