Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) reportedly concealed beneath soil, inside roadside bags and disguised as everyday objects including rocks, bricks and thermos flasks are among the emerging explosive threats facing civilians in Yemen, as conflict intensifies and frontlines shift, the HALO Trust warns.
Since August 2026, escalating conflict has driven large-scale civilian displacement. Media reports and open-source data indicate new mine-laying activity and unexploded ordnance contamination along vital transport routes and humanitarian access corridors.
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