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Multiple local and international reports, including one from the Human Rights Watch, have condemned the use of anti-personnel and anti-tank mines by the Houthi rebels, in a desperate bid to prolong an already unwinnable war.
Houthi landmines have affected multiple regions in Yemen, including places such as Aden, Abyan, Marib, Lahaj, and Taiz, since the onset of the rebellion against the legitimate Yemeni government. It is an issue of great import, not just to the pan-Arab coalition, not just to other countries in the region, but to the entire world, considering the egregious abuse and flagrant disregard for human rights demonstrated by the Houthi militias.
A report on landmine casualties from January 2015 to December 2016 states that so far, a total of 39,634 landmines have been dismantled, including 26,755 anti-personnel mines and 12,879 anti-vehicle mines. However, it also states that Houthi mining is still ongoing.
Military forces backing the legitimate Yemeni government continue to help clear Houthi landmines across the country, due to a shortage of personnel trained to survey and map the affected areas, and subsequently dismantle these landmines and other explosive remnants of war.
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center has done a great deal to support the victims of this conflict, providing physical and psychological rehabilitation to landmines casualties, who are, more often than not, women and children. In addition, the Center provides risk education, to help ensure Yemeni civilians returning to areas liberated by the Yemeni armed forces are safe from the threat landmines pose.