700 Houthi mines dismantled in Yemen under Masam project

700 Houthi mines dismantled in Yemen under Masam project
Masam project has successfully removed 350,0421 mines since it was launched in 2018. (SPA)
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Updated 19 July 2022
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700 Houthi mines dismantled in Yemen under Masam project

700 Houthi mines dismantled in Yemen under Masam project
  • The extraction included 320 anti-tank mines and 380 non-explosive ordnances

DUBAI: About 700 mines planted by the Houthi militia across Yemen were dismantled by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center’s (KSrelief) Masam project during the second week of July.
The extraction included 320 anti-tank mines and 380 non-explosive ordnances, bringing the total number of mines removed in July to 1,538, state-owned Saudi Press Agency reported.
The Masam team removed 54 anti-tank mines and 86 non-explosive ammunition in Aden, while 266 anti-tank mines and 294 non-explosive ammunition were extracted from Marib district.
The project has successfully removed 350,0421 mines since it was launched in 2018.
Earlier in June, KSrelief renewed the demining Masam project for a fifth year at a cost of $33.292 million.

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What is Masam?

Masam is the name of a project launched in 2018 by Saudi Arabia's aid agency King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) to clear Yemen of land mines. As of the second week of July 2022, Masam's demining team had removed 350,0421 mines — including antipersonnel mines and anti-tank mines and improvised explosive devices. Many of the mines are blamed on the Iran-backed Houthi militia, which had seized a large territory of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, from the UN-recognized Yemeni government in 2014, prompting a coalition of Arab states to intervene and restore the government.