Yemen: 3 killed in landmine explosion in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah

Three people were killed on Wednesday in a landmine blast in Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. The victims were a woman and her two children, while her husband was critically injured in the blast Read More …

UNMAS director calls for urgent acceleration of mine action efforts in Yemen

Hudaydah, 8 December 2022 – The Director of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) Ms Ilene Cohn concluded a week-long visit to Yemen where she visited Hudaydah, one of the most mine and explosive remnants of war-affected governorates in Read More …

UN Security Council calls for urgent action to address landmines and explosive remnants of war in Yemen

The UN Security Council (UNSC) raised alarm over the continued death and injury of civilians by landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) in Yemen during the latest security council session on Yemen held on Tuesday 22 November. In their Read More …

Yemen: Bomb blast kills military commander in Shabwa

Yemen’s separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) said Saturday a senior commander was killed in a bomb explosion in the southern Shabwa province. In a statement, the STC-affiliated Shabwa Defense Forces said Major Salem Al-Jabwani lost his life in the explosion Read More …

Yemen: Houthis stage attack on Al Dhaba oil port in first after truce

Attack was carried out by two drones but did not lead to casualties or damage, government says, warning “all options” are on the table in response to the raid. Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed an attack on a southern oil Read More …

Two separate landmine explosions kill four people in Yemen

Two separate landmine explosions killed four Yemenis in two regions of the war-ravaged Arab country on Tuesday, a military official told Xinhua. “Three people, including two children, were killed in Hodeidah’s southern district of Durayhimi by an explosion caused by Read More …

Yemen: Explosion targets military ambulance in southern Abyan province, 5 killed

An explosion struck on Saturday an ambulance carrying a medic team of the southern pro-government Yemeni forces in southern Abyan province, killing five medics on board, a security official told Xinhua. “A remotely detonated Improvised Explosive Device (IED) struck an Read More …

Yemen: Security official survives explosion in Shabwa governorate, 3 killed

A senior official of Yemen’s pro-government security forces survived an explosion that struck his motorcade in the country’s southern oil-rich province of Shabwa on Thursday, a government official told Xinhua. “The explosion apparently caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), Read More …

Yemen: 2 killed as blast hits pro-government security patrol in Shabwah

A homemade bomb blast struck a regular patrol of the pro-government forces in Yemen’s oil-rich province of Shabwa on Saturday, killing a military officer and a soldier, a government official told Xinhua. “The explosion is caused by an Improvised Explosive Read More …

Yemen: Roadside bomb blast kills 2 soldiers in Shabwa

Two Yemeni soldiers were killed on Saturday in a roadside bomb explosion in the country’s southern oil-rich province of Shabwa, a military official told Xinhua. The incident took place when a roadside bomb went off near a patrol of Shabwa’s Read More …