Yemen: MASAM Dismantles 1,616 Houthi Land Mines in January 2020
- 2020-02-02
- 13:25:20
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King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief)'s anti-landmines project MASAM has dismantled a total of 1,616 different types of land mines in Yemen during the fourth week of January 2020.
The Riyadh-based center unearthed and thwarted six anti-personnel and 402 anti-tank land mines, 11 bombs, and 1197 unexploded ammunition, bringing the number of mines dismantled during the fourth week of this month to to 1616.
The total number of mines implanted by Iran-backed Houthi militia in lands, schools and homes has reached 12,590, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
A great number of children, women and elders have lost their lives, human organs or suffered serious injuries because of the Houthi landmines.
MASAM aims to purify the Yemeni lands from this harmful scourge.
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