A 40-year-old civilian was killed by a landmine in the Zahar district of Al-Bayda governorate (central Yemen) on Saturday, September 14, 2024, according to the Yemeni Ministry of Interior. The ministry's website cited a security source stating that the landmine, planted by the Houthi ...
Three civilians were killed and injured on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, when an explosive device planted by the Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization by the international community, detonated in the Serwah district of Marib governorate in northeastern Yemen. Local sources told &q...
A recent human rights report, released on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, has documented a tragic toll on Yemen's farmers and herders, with 2,099 casualties – 1,021 killed and 1,078 injured – resulting from landmines and crossfire in various Yemeni governorates since the war began in ...
The Saudi Project for the Clearance of Yemeni Landmines (MASAM) announced on Sunday, September 1st, 2024, that it had removed 4,413 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and improvised explosive devices throughout August from various mine-contaminated areas in Yemen. In a statement received by "...
The Saudi Project to Clear Yemeni Landmines (MASAM) announced on Tuesday, August 27th, that its field teams had removed 837 mines planted by the Houthi group, internationally designated as a terrorist organization, during the fourth week of August. In a statement seen by Bran Press, the center ...
The Saudi Project MASAM for clearing Yemeni landmines announced on Sunday, August 25th, that its teams have removed 771 unexploded ordnance and 59 anti-tank mines in the past week. In a statement reviewed by Barran Press, the center explained that field teams had removed 3,045 unexploded ...
Taiz, Yemen: Abdulkarim Al-Sufi, a young man from the village of "Al-Tweer" in the western rural area of Taiz Governorate, used to work in date farming, relying on this profession to provide for his family's needs. However, the war forced him to flee his village and leave his fa...
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 ...
Hodeidah, Yemen – August 19, 2024 – Two children sustained serious injuries after detonating a landmine in Hodeidah governorate, according to a human rights source. Journalist and human rights activist Basim Al-Janani reported on X (seen by "Barran Press") that the ch...
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 - A civilian worker was injured on Tuesday, August 13th, when a mine detonator exploded while he was working at a scrap metal shop in Hays district, south of Hodeidah governorate, according to the Yemeni Ministry of Interior. The Ministry's statement, released by the Se...
Al-Qouz, a village in the western countryside of Taiz governorate, is one of many Yemeni villages that have been heavily mined by the Houthi group, internationally recognized as a terrorist organization. Local residents told Barran Press that the Houthis planted landmines and explosives in home...
HODEIDAH, YEMEN - Heavy rains and subsequent flash floods in Hodeidah Governorate, western Yemen, have unearthed a deadly new threat: landmines planted by the Houthi group, designated a terrorist organization by the international community. Local sources said to "Barran Press", o...
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,...