[30/05/2021 03:21]

RIYADH - SABA
The Saudi mine action project of MASAM removed 2183 Houthi-laid landmines in different parts of Yemen during the 4th week of May 2021.

In a statement, MASAM said the cleared landmines included “16 anti-personnel landmines, 927 anti-tank mines, and 1230 UXOs.”

“With this, the total number of landmines removed since the beginning of [MASAM] project has reached 251,549,” said MASAM in a statement.

MASAM began its demining work in Yemen on 25 June 2018​. 

Despite its work and that of other mine action programs. Thousands of Yemenis have been killed or injured due to Houthi landmines since the beginning of the Yemeni war in March 2015.

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