The Saudi-funded "MASAM" project, dedicated to clearing Yemeni lands of mines, announced on Tuesday, August 20th, 2024, that its teams had removed over 1,100 mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during the third week of August. These explosive devices were planted by the Houthi ...
Judge Ishraq Al-Maqtri, a member of the National Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Violations, has revealed that over 1700 people have been killed or injured by landmines in the Yemeni governorate of Taiz, with the majority of victims being women and children. In an interview with &...
Hodeidah, Yemen - Two brothers were killed on Wednesday, August 7th, when they triggered a landmine planted by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in the western Yemeni governorate of Hodeidah. The Yemeni Mine Observatory reported that Mohammed Ayash Qubaishi (26) and Abdullah Ayash Qubaishi (28) ...
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 "MASAM," dedicated to clearing Yemeni lands of landmines, announced on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, the removal of 882 landmines planted by the Houthi group, internationally classified as a terrorist organization, across various Yemeni governorates during the second week of ...
The Saudi Project for the Clearance of Yemeni Lands from Mines (MASAM) announced on Monday, June 24, 2024, that it had removed 645 mines during the third week of June in various Yemeni governorates. The project stated that the mines were planted by the Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organ...
emen's Chief of Staff, General Sagheer bin Aziz, on Monday, June 10, 2024, lauded the efforts of the Saudi Project for Mine Action (MASAM) in clearing Yemeni lands of mines and unexploded ordnance. During a meeting with MASAM Director-General Osama al-Qusaibi in Riyadh, bin Aziz stated that...
SANAA, Yemen - May 21, 2024 - In a significant development, the Danish Demining Group (DDG) became the first international organization to conduct a mine clearance operation in Yemen in nine years. The operation, carried out today in the Thobani area of Al Mokha district, Taiz Governorate, focused...