The Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance in Yemen (MASAM) reported Wednesday that its teams destroyed 600 landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) collected in the Dhahaba area of Ain District, Shabwa Governorate, southern Yemen. The explosives were gathered over the preceding m...
A 17-year-old boy suffered critical injuries on Tuesday after stepping on a landmine planted by the Iran-backed Houthi group in the Maqbanah district, west of Taiz Governorate, southwestern Yemen, local sources reported. The sources, speaking to "Baran Press," identi...
The Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance in Yemen ("MASAM") announced on Sunday that its field teams had removed 1,839 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by the Houthi group during the past week. According to a statement publi...
The Saudi-funded Masam Project for landmine clearance in Yemen has uncovered a new minefield in the al-Suwaiydiyah area of Al Khokha district, Hodeidah governorate, where Iran-backed Houthis had allegedly planted mines indiscriminately in agricultural lands. According to a statement reviewed by B...
Two young men were seriously injured on Monday after a landmine, reportedly planted by the Iran-backed Houthis, exploded in the Al-Durayhimi district of southern Hodeidah, western Yemen. According to a statement from the district’s Human Rights Office, the blast occurred near the Yemen Mo...
The Saudi-backed Masam Project announced on Monday that its teams removed 1,050 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from Yemeni territory in the past week alone. According to a statement on its official website, reviewed by Barran Press, Masam’s f...
A civilian vehicle was severely damaged on Sunday in Al-Jawf Governorate, northeastern Yemen, when it detonated a landmine left by the Iran-backed Houthis. A local source informed "Barran Press" that the driver, Mohammed Masoud Qaboua, survived, though the rear of his vehicle was complet...
The Saudi-led “Masam” demining initiative successfully cleared explosive remnants planted by the Iran-backed Houthis in Al-Khokha district, Hodeidah governorate, western Yemen. The operation was triggered by a child’s discovery of a suspicious object while fetching water. Ma...
The United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) issued a report today indicating a concerning rise in civilian casualties from landmines and explosive remnants in Hodeidah province, western Yemen. UNMHA stated that eight civilians were killed and one injured last month alone d...
In Taiz Governorate, southwestern Yemen, two children were injured on Saturday when a landmine planted by the Iran-backed Houthis exploded. The incident occurred in the Al-Waziyah district. Yemen's Ministry of Defense official website, "September Net," reported that the landmine d...
Osama Al-Qosaibi, Director General of Yemen's Masam Landmine Clearance Project, sharply criticized the international community's inadequate response to the country's devastating landmine crisis. He specifically condemned the withdrawal of support from crucial mine clearance organizatio...
The Saudi-led demining initiative Masam announced on April 1, 2025, that its teams had removed 2,727 explosive devices, including anti-tank mines, across Yemen in March. The operation covered government-controlled areas, clearing more than 225,957 square meters of land last month alone. Since its ...
Mahmoud Mohammed Abdullah Abkar, a 38-year-old civilian, was killed by a landmine planted by the Iran-backed Houthis in the Al-Durayhimi District of Hodeidah, Yemen. The explosion occurred at approximately 11:00 a.m. as Abkar was transporting charcoal west of Al-Shajan village, a livelihood activi...
Masam, the Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance in Yemen, announced substantial progress in its efforts, reporting the removal of 551 Houthi-planted landmines across multiple Yemeni provinces in the past week, as of Wednesday. These mines, including 35 anti-tank mines, 513 unexploded ordnances, an...
The Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance in Yemen (Masam) reported that the Houthi group has deployed camouflaged landmines designed to target civilians, including women. According to Masam, a landmine disguised as a women’s cosmetic bag was discovered in eastern Taiz province. The device c...
The Saudi demining project "Masam" announced on March 16, 2025, that its teams cleared 1,582 mines planted by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen during the first two weeks of March. The explosives included 548 anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, unexploded ordnance, and improvised explosive ...
An explosion at a site in Hodeidah governorate, western Yemen, used for preparing sea mines and explosive boats, reportedly resulted in the deaths of several individuals, including Houthi members and foreign experts, on Wednesday. Informed sources within Hodeidah indicate that the incident occurre...
Over the past five years (late 2019 to early 2025), the Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance in Yemen (Masam) has successfully cleared 51 minefields in Al-Dhalea governorate, as stated in a report reviewed by Barran Press. Masam teams have removed over 2,000 deadly anti-personnel mines and other ...
In February 2025, the United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) reported a rise in civilian casualties due to landmines and unexploded ordnance in Hodeidah, Yemen. According to a UNMHA statement reported by "Barran Press," three civilians were killed: two children ...
The Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance in Yemen (Masam) announced the removal of 1,034 pieces of unexploded ordnance and 24 anti-tank mines in a single week, all planted by the Iran-backed Houthi group, a designated terrorist organization. According to Masam's website, this brings the project...