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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
Two beekeepers were killed and two others injured on Thursday when a landmine, planted by the Iran-backed Houthis, exploded in the Al-Durayhimi district of Hodeidah province, western Yemen, according to rights sources. The Yemeni Landmine Observatory identified the victims as Fouad Ahmed Quba, ...
The Saudi-led "Masam" project has significantly reduced the threat of landmines and unexploded ordnance in Yemen, according to Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan. Speaking at the fourth Riyadh International Humanitarian Forum on Monday, February 24th, he highlighted that ove...
A 17-year-old boy, R.M.A.M. Al-Sabri, was killed by a landmine planted by the Iran-backed Houthi group in the Al-Had district of Yafa, Lahj, southern Yemen, on February 24th. Lahj security authorities confirmed the death. According to a statement from Lahj Police, the boy died from injuries sus...
Twenty-two sheep were killed by a landmine planted by the Iran-backed Houthis, south of Marib,on Sunday. A local source in Marib Governorate reported that Saleh Saeed Al-Qubaisi was herding 25 sheep in Jabal Al-Duma area of the Mala’a mountain range, located between the Harib and Al-Juba ...
On Sunday ,the Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance in Yemen (MASAM) reported clearing 2,111 mines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices this month. According to a statement on MASAM’s official website, the past week alone saw the removal of 810 unexploded ordnances and 44 anti-tank ...
Military sources reported that Iran-backed Houthis deployed drones to strike mine clearance equipment at the eastern entrance to Taiz city in southwest Yemen. According to Barran Press, the targeted gear belonged to HALO Trust Yemen, which was surveying the Kamb neighborhood for landmines—pr...
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...