During the fourth week of August 2022 AD, the Center for Humanitarian Aid and Assistance to King Salman “Masam” managed to clear 1167 mines laid by the Houthi militia in various regions of Yemen, including 11 anti-personnel mines, 486 anti-tank mines and 662 unexploded ordnance and 8 explosive charges substances.
The Masama Group cleared 156 anti-tank mines and 336 unexploded ordnance in Aden governorate, one anti-personnel mine and two IEDs in Kataba district, Al-Dhaliya governorate, and 46 anti-tank mines, 51 unexploded ordnance and 3 explosive devices in Hayes district, Al-Dhaliya governorate. Hudayda.
In Marib governorate, the team cleared 1 anti-personnel mine, 6 anti-tank mines and 2 unexploded ordnance in Al-Wadi district, 2 anti-personnel mines and 5 anti-tank mines in Kharib district and 180 anti-tank mines. mines in the Marib region.
In Shabwa governorate, the Masama team succeeded in clearing 6 anti-personnel mines, 8 anti-tank mines and one IED in the Ain area, and one anti-personnel mine and 15 anti-tank mines in the Asilan area.
The team in Taiz Governorate also cleared one anti-tank mine, 204 UXO and two IEDs in the Al-Waziah area, and 60 anti-tank mines and 69 UXO in the Mokha area.
Thus, the number of mines that have been cleared so far during August has risen to 3,709, bringing the number of mines cleared since the start of the Masam project to 356,024 mines, which have been indiscriminately planted by Houthi militias across Yemen . .