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Yemen Online
08-05-2025
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- Yemen Online
MASAM Destroys 600 more Houthi landmines and other explosives in Yemen
Members of the Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance, also known as Project Masam, safely detonated 600 mines, unexploded ordnance and other explosive devices on Wednesday. The project's engineers had demined and removed the devices over the past few months from various parts of Yemen, including the town of Beihan and the districts of Usaylan and Ain in Shabwah governorate. Hussein Al-Aqili, commander of the project's survey team, said they carried out the destruction operation in the Thahba area of Ain district on Wednesday as part of their ongoing mission to clear mines and other remnants of war in Yemen, and save civilian lives. The project has cleared nearly 500,000 mines from the country since its work there began in 2018. Last week, Ousama Algosaibi, the managing director of Masam, warned that the Houthis continue to exploit periods of truce to plant more mines across Yemen. 'We are in a constant race with the Houthi militias; we clear mines from one side while they plant more on the other,' he said during an interview with Al-Ekhbariya TV.
Yemen Online
05-03-2025
- General
- Yemen Online
Yemen :Masam Project Clears 706 Mines in One Week
The Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance (Masam), implemented by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), successfully removed 706 mines during the fourth week of February 2025. The cleared ordnance included 13 anti-personnel mines, 24 anti-tank mines, 668 unexploded ordnance, and one improvised explosive device. As of February, the total number of mines removed has reached 2,817, while the cumulative number of mines cleared since the beginning of the Masam project has risen to 483,343. These mines, randomly planted across Yemen, continue to pose a threat to civilians, particularly children, women, and the elderly.
