RIYADH: Members of Saudi Arabia’s Project Masam removed 1,191 explosive devices from various regions of Yemen last week.
The total included 1,135 unexploded ordnances, 49 anti-tank mines, five anti-personnel mines and two improvised explosive devices, according to a recent report.
Ousama Al-Gosaibi, the initiative’s managing director, said that 519,824 mines have been cleared since the project began in 2018.
The explosives were planted indiscriminately and posed a threat to civilians, including children, women and the elderly.
The demining operations took place in Marib, Aden, Jouf, Shabwa, Taiz, Hodeidah, Lahij, Sanaa, Al-Bayda, Al-Dhale and Saada.
