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) ...
Government forces in Yemen's western Hodeidah province have reported that recent heavy rains have washed away explosive devices, landmines, and booby traps planted by Houthi rebels in the Hies district. According to the engineering department of the joint forces in the western coast, ...
The Saudi Project for the Clearance of Yemeni Lands from Mines (MASAM) announced on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, that its team in the Aden and West Coast sector successfully destroyed an unexploded missile found underwater in the Al-Ardi area off the Bab el-Mandeb coast. In a statement published on ...
A child was killed and an African migrant injured in separate landmine explosions in Al-Bayda governorate, central Yemen, the Yemeni Landmine Observatory reported on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. This brings the total number of casualties from landmines in the past week to 14 killed and injured. ...
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...
A landmine planted by the Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization by the United Nations, killed a civilian in the Abs district of Hodeidah governorate, 8 kilometers from the frontlines, local sources reported on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. The official Yemeni news agency, Saba,...
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 ...
A civilian sustained severe injuries after detonating a landmine, a remnant of the Houthi militia, in Yemen's Al-Jawf governorate. Local sources reported that the incident occurred in the "Al-Hadha" area, southwest of Al-Maslub district, when Ali Faraj Al-Noufi stepped on th...
A man and his wife were killed on Friday evening, June 28th, 2024, by a landmine left behind by the Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization by the international community, in the al-Durihimi district of Hodeidah governorate (western Yemen), according to the Hodeidah Human Rights Offic...
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...
The Saudi Project for the Clearance of Mines in Yemen (MASAM) announced on Thursday, June 6, 2024, that it had removed 1,406 mines during the fourth week of May in various Yemeni governorates. According to a statement released by the project, the removed mines included 10 anti-personnel mines, ...
The Saudi project to clear Yemeni lands of mines, "MASAM," announced on Sunday, June 2nd, 2024, that it had removed 5,726 mines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices during May. According to a statement released by the project, its field teams successfully removed 1,326 unexplod...
The Saudi Project for the Clearance of Yemeni Lands from Mines (MASAM) announced on Wednesday, May 29th, 2024, that it had removed 1,375 mines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices during the past week in various Yemeni governorates. A statement issued by MASAM's operation...
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...