Number of Houthi Mine Victims in Yemen Increases
The casualties of landmines planted randomly by Houthi militias have increased by 30 percent in Feb.
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Al-Gosaibi to Asharq Al-Awsat: Houthis Have Turned Everyday Objects into Explosive Mines
One of the oddest explosives discovered by the Saudi Masam Project in Yemen was a bean can that the Iran-backed Houthi militias had booby-trapped to form a landmine. Ousama al-Gosaibi, the program manager for the Masam Project, told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Houthis had designed the explosive in a way…
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40 Killed, Dozens Wounded from Houthi Mines in Yemen
A rights group has announced that more than 100 civilians were killed and wounded by landmines in the past six weeks, amid government warnings of the escalating threat of Houthi landmines on civilians. International and Yemeni reports revealed that the Houthi militias have planted more than one million landmines, including…
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KSrelief's Masam Dismantles over 1,336 Mines in Yemen in One Week
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center's (KSrelief) Masam project for clearing mines in Yemen has dismantled over over 1,336 mines planted by the Iran-backed Houthi militias over the past week. The mines, removed across the war-torn country, included 42 anti-personnel mines, 245 anti-tank mines, 1,048 unexploded ordnance and…
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Saudi MASAM Clears Nearly 1,000 Mines Planted by Houthis in Yemen
The Saudi Project for Landmines Clearance in Yemen (MASAM) announced on Sunday that it cleared nearly 1,000 mines planted by the Houthi militia in Yemen this month. “A total of 998 mines” planted by the Houthis across Yemen, “including 677 anti-tanks and 321 unexploded ordnance” were dismantled during the first…
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Yemen Needs More than 8 Years to Remove Houthi Mines
Yemen needs more than eight years to remove all mines planted by Houthis, as over two million mines are still in various areas, according to a Yemeni official. Several local and international reports revealed that the mines prevent the displaced from returning to their areas and reaching their farms. Yemen’s…
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