The Masam Demining Project said it had removed 360,573 mines, explosive devices and various projectiles from Yemeni territories, according to the latest statistics as of early October.
The project aims to clear Yemeni lands from the danger of mines by focusing on addressing the direct threats to the lives of innocent people due to the impact of the dangers resulting from the spread of these mines, in addition to the work it provides aimed at building Yemeni capacity. in the field of demining.
Mines have claimed the lives of thousands of Yemenis, and tens of thousands have been seriously injured and amputated. On April 4 last year, the United Nations Development Program office in Yemen reported that 1,800 civilians had been killed or injured, including 689 women and children. , because of mines and unexploded ordnance in several provinces of Yemen for four years.
Reports from international and local organizations confirm that Yemen has witnessed the largest mine-laying operation in the country since the end of World War II.
The Pores Demining Project continues its noble mission of keeping Yemen free of danger to civilians of all genders and ages, and threatens the present and future of the country at all levels.
Four years since the launch of the Masam project in July 2018, the project has contributed to the bloodshed of hundreds of thousands of Yemenis by removing more than 360,000 mines, explosive devices and unexploded ordnance. the scale of the heinous crimes committed by the Houthi militias against innocent people, and, on the other hand, Saudi Arabia’s relentless insistence on protecting civilians from this scourge.
Masam began its humanitarian work in Yemen by training and qualifying 32 engineering teams with the help of international and Saudi experts. The engineering teams were also provided with the latest technology in mine detection, in addition to providing them with mechanisms, equipment, financial and logistical support through the joint operating room.
Despite the lack of maps for minefields, which is considered a huge challenge, the Masam units continue their achievements, which are put out to world public opinion every week, between operations
Disposal of mines, explosive devices and unexploded ordnance, as well as detonation and destruction of all mines, unexploded ordnance and explosive devices that are removed from the land.
More than 550 field teams continue their daily work, armed with deep faith in the mission of the Masam humanitarian project to clear Houthi mines from Yemeni lands, proudly remembering the sacrifices of their 33 colleagues, including five foreign specialists who donated for this with their lives.
Last May, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia extended the Masam project with an estimated cost of $33.3 million to carry out one of the most noble tasks in Yemen – clearing residential areas, schools and roads of mines from the Houthis, who are waiting for their victims, no matter how many it didn’t take any time.
Pore’s work is not limited to removing explosive devices of all kinds, but is also working to destroy them to ensure they are not used again.
Osama al-Ghosaibi, CEO of the Masam Project, said the Iranian-backed Houthi faction strives daily to expand the cycle of killing and destruction to reach as many Yemenis as possible, including children, women and the elderly, and unfortunately no one has been spared. from these traps.
On the other hand, Masam strives to constantly work on modernizing its capabilities and developing its methods in the field of mine clearance, despite the coup militias’ insistence on developing their methods to target as many civilians as possible.
Since the start of the Masam project in 2018, new developments and obstacles and tricks of the Houthis in the ways and forms of mines have occurred in Yemen, but the Masam project spares no effort to keep pace with these changes and overcome all obstacles.
Various Yemeni authorities have witnessed modern types of booby traps, new technologies, huge and incredible numbers used by the militias during the coup over large areas.
Al-Ghosaibi emphasized that the Houthi terrorist group has introduced technologies for making explosives and mines, and new methods and mechanisms have emerged to detonate these booby traps from afar, and these are facts documented from the field, pointing out that what is happening in the field of mine development is only rising to the level of war crimes.
Masam’s technical assessment proves that the explosives and booby traps are manufactured and planted inside Yemen, but the materials used to make them are imported from outside Yemen and cannot be of local origin.
He stressed the apparent leniency of the Western media towards mine victims in Yemen, which is tantamount to ignorance, even if the victims are innocent civilians.
The director general of the Masam project to clear Yemeni lands of mines said that the Houthis took a brutal approach, planting explosives and booby traps in schools, medical centers and water tanks in large quantities and with great professionalism.
He added that clearing Yemen of mines takes years due to the density of mines and the lack of maps to grow them, noting that “the Houthis are still planting thousands of mines in Yemen.”
Osama al-Ghosaibi confirmed that the calculations of the Pores project showed that the putschists had planted more than a million mines and explosive devices in the territories they occupied.