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Yassin, a 30-year-old Yemeni man, never thought that a simple drive down a street that had once been occupied by Houthi rebels could so dramatically change the course of his life. Against the backdrop of Yemen’s winding coast, his car struck an anti-tank mine, sending the vehicle, with Yassin inside it, hurtling through the air.
When Yassin regained consciousness, it was to find himself missing a leg, and blind in one eye. He had done nothing to deserve this, he had committed no crime. He was a victim of the Houthi militias, and the indiscriminate killers they had left behind: landmines.
Leaning on his crutches, Yassin spoke about his experience. He had been taken by the pan-Arab coalition to Aden for treatment and expressed his gratitude towards them, both for being rescued and for having staunch allies in such turbulent times.
Yassin is one of the many victims of Houthi landmines in Yemen. You can see the terrible consequences, the havoc landmines wreak, in the halls of Yemeni hospitals. The pan-Arab coalition, led by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are striving to clear Yemen of these landmines and explosive remnants of war, in order to save as many lives as possible.