The Saudi project to clear mines in Yemen “Masam” announced on Sunday that it in had confiscated 1,863 mines, duds and an explosive device in the past week, die from the Houthi coup militia in several liberated Yemen governorates and regions.

A statement released by the Masam Media Office states that die Project teams in removed 1,317 duds in the first week of July.

He stated that die Field teams in last week had also removed 521 anti-tank mines and 23 anti-personnel mines.

Masam’s teams cleared 314,741 square feet of land last week, what die Total area, die cleared between the start of the project and July 9, bringing to 24,437,882 square meters of land in Yemen littered with mines and duds.

The “Masam” project aims to clear Yemeni land of landmines and duds, train Yemeni national cadres in mine clearance and establish a mechanism that will help Yemenis gain sustainable experiences in collect this area.

A human rights report states that die Houthi coup militia against since their coup die Legitimate Authority followed a systematic strategy in the use of mines and explosives of all kinds in September 2014.

He stressed that die Planting mines, die die Houthi militias are unique in Yemen, have made it “one of the largest minefields on earth”.