Saudi Masam Project Dismantles over 1,550 Mines in Yemen in One Week

The dismantled mines included 1,050 anti-tank mines and 500 unexploded ordnance. SPA file photo
The dismantled mines included 1,050 anti-tank mines and 500 unexploded ordnance. SPA file photo
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Saudi Masam Project Dismantles over 1,550 Mines in Yemen in One Week

The dismantled mines included 1,050 anti-tank mines and 500 unexploded ordnance. SPA file photo
The dismantled mines included 1,050 anti-tank mines and 500 unexploded ordnance. SPA file photo

Masam, the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center's project for clearing landmines in Yemen, dismantled, during the third week of April 2022, a total of 1,550 mines planted by the Houthi militias across Yemen, the Saudi Press Agency reported Sunday.

SPA said that the dismantled mines included 1,050 anti-tank mines and 500 unexploded ordnance.

Since the beginning of the project, as many as 334,060 mines planted by the militias, have been dismantled.



Muslim World League Offers Condolences to Sudan over Victims of Mine Collapse

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The Muslim World League (MWL) logo
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Muslim World League Offers Condolences to Sudan over Victims of Mine Collapse

The Muslim World League (MWL) logo
The Muslim World League (MWL) logo

The Muslim World League (MWL) extended its condolences and heartfelt sympathy to the Republic of Sudan and the families of the victims and injured following the collapse of a gold mine, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday.

In a statement by its General Secretariat, the MWL expressed solidarity and sympathy with the Sudanese people in general and with the families of the victims in particular over this tragic incident, and wished the injured a swift recovery.

A gold mine partly collapsed in eastern Sudan, killing 11 miners, over the weekend in the desert town of Houeid in the eastern Nile River province. Another seven workers were injured and transferred to a hospital.