Saudi land mines project clears 1,024 Houthi devices

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Fri, 2019-05-17 05:03

RIYADH: The Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance (MASAM) in Yemen extracted 27 anti-personnel mines, 210 anti-tank mines, 6 improvised explosive devices and 781 unexploded ordnance — totaling 1,024 mines — during the second week of May.
A total of 70,539 mines have been extracted since the beginning of the project. An estimated 1 million mines have been planted by the Iranian-backed Houthi militias in Yemen over the past three years claiming hundreds of civilian lives.