On November 19, 2024, the Saudi project for clearing Yemeni lands of landmines, known as "Masam," reported that its engineering teams removed 614 landmines and unexploded ordnance during the second week of November. The project attributed these explosives to the Houthi group, which is in...
On November 18, 2024, the Yemeni Mine Observatory reported that a 13-year-old boy sustained severe injuries after being struck by an unexploded ordnance in the Durayhimi district, south of Hodeidah city. According to the observatory, the child, Yahya Mashhour, was harmed by the explosion of a w...
On November 11, 2024, the Saudi project for clearing landmines in Yemen, known as "Masam," announced that its teams removed a total of 895 landmines and unexploded ordnance during the first week of November. The organization stated that these mines were planted by the Houthi militia, whi...
On Sunday, October 27, 2024, the Saudi project for clearing landmines in Yemen, known as "Masam," announced that its engineering teams successfully removed 720 mines in various regions throughout the country during the fourth week of October. In a statement obtained by Barran Press, M...
The Saudi-led project "Masam," dedicated to clearing Yemeni lands of landmines, announced on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, that its engineering teams removed 829 mines and unexploded ordnance during the third week of October. In a statement shared with "Barran Press," Masam det...
The Masam project, part of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, reported on Tuesday that its teams removed a total of 5,962 landmines planted by the Houthi group across several Yemeni provinces in September 2024. In a statement shared with Barran Press, the center noted that duri...
Three civilians, including a woman, have been killed by landmines in three Yemeni governorates over the past week, according to human rights sources. The mines are believed to be remnants of explosives planted by the Houthi group, designated as a terrorist organization by several countries. The...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 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...