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...
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...
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...
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...
A 35-year-old Yemeni woman, Aisha Naji Al-Qasha'a, was killed by a landmine planted by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Nihm district on Friday. According to the human rights organization "Shohood," the incident occurred while Aisha was herding sheep in Jabal Al-Qarn. Her daughte...
The Saudi Project "Masam" announced on Tuesday the removal of 840 mines and unexploded ordnance planted by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. According to Masam, the cleared explosives included 800 unexploded ordnance items and 38 anti-tank mines. This brings the total number of mines clea...
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...
On January 12, 2025, the Masam Project announced that it had removed nearly 1,800 explosive devices in Yemen since the start of the month. From January 1 to 10, the teams cleared 1,790 mines, unexploded ordnance, and improvised explosive devices, covering 538,288 square meters. Project Director Osa...
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...
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 ...