RIYADH: Saudi’s aid agency, the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), dismantled 625 mines that had been laid by the Iran-backed Houthi militia across Yemen, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Tuesday.
The clearance – conducted by special teams from the Masam project, overseen by KSrelief – took a week to complete.
The operation saw 22 anti-personnel mines, 146 anti-tank mines, 456 unexploded ordnance items, and one explosive device cleared from Yemen at the end of July, bringing the total number of dismantled mines to 408,633 since the project’s inception in 2018.
“Saudi Arabia, represented by its humanitarian arm, KSrelief, remains dedicated to clearing Yemeni lands of mines and assisting the Yemeni people in leading a dignified life,” read the SPA statement.
