It also offers support to Yemenis injured by the devices. The project trains local demining engineers and provides them with modern equipment. The demining operations took place in Marib, Aden, Jouf, Shabwa, Taiz, Hodeidah, Lahij, Sanaa, Al-Bayda, Al-Dhale and Saada.Ī total of 410,701 mines have been cleared since the start of the project in 2018, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday. Masam is one of several initiatives undertaken by Saudi Arabia on the orders of King Salman to help the Yemeni people, clearing routes for humanitarian aid to reach the country’s citizens. The devices, planted indiscriminately by the Houthis across Yemen, pose a significant threat to the lives of innocent people, including children, women and the elderly. Overseen by Saudi aid agency KSrelief, the project’s special teams destroyed 926 unexploded ordnance, 112 anti-tank mines, 15 explosive devices, and two anti-personnel mines. Riyadh: Masam, a Saudi project to clear landmines in Yemen, in the second week of August dismantled 1,055 mines planted by the Iran-backed Houthi militia.
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