(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Riyadh, July 02, 2019, SPA -- During the fourth week of June 2019, the Riyadh-based King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief)'s project for clearing landmines (MASAM) in Yemen was able to dismantle 604 mines, including four anti-personnel mines, 268 anti-tank mines, 330 unexploded ordnance, and two explosive devices.
Since the start of the project, 74115 mines have been uprooted, originally implanted by the Houthi militias in Yemen and hidden in different shapes, colors and methods that claimed the lives of a large number of children, women and the elderly, whether by death or serious injuries or amputation of organs.
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