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The brutality of the landmine epidemic in Yemen has become a certain phenomenon, documented in image and sound, monitored in numbers and dyed with the blood of its victims. No one can doubt that what mines did in Yemen is a heinous crime that rises to the ranks of real human catastrophe.
Humans,stones,animals, water sources,sustenance, transplantation, progeny,the present and future, along with other vital life facilities, were all targeted with explosive death traps in Yemen without mercy or dissipation and the goal of this targeting was and still to inflict the largest number of victims and the greatest amount of bloody harm.
It is a reality faced by Project Masam for mine clearing, with power, valor and great challenge, armed with the weapon of expertise, love of giving and unlimited fulfillment for the call of humanity. Those are intangible weapons which were the flaming fuel that motivated the members of this humanitarian project, until it achieved honorable results in several regions in the Yemeni lands which is inhabited by mines.
This time, The Leader of Team 25, Masam, Eng. Abdul Khaleq Abu Hatim, brought good and promising news to the people of Al Dwaiha region of Mawza’a Directorate in Taiz Governorate, after his team managed to secure 80% of this area.
In this context, Eng. Abdul Khaleq said that his team was assigned to work in Dwaiha region last August after receiving reports of deaths and injuries from residents due to mines explosion planted by the Houthi militia among the trees.
Abdul Khaleq also indicated that his team was able to clear and destroy more than 60 landmines, all of which were planted in civilian logging places, grazing areas, and roads entrances leading to their homes.
On the other hand, Eng. Abdul Khaleq clarified that the work of Team 25 Masam is not limited to securing fields and mined areas. Rather, his team responds to any reports by local population stating that they have found mines outside the team’s work scope, the team immediately respond to the report in any area where explosive death traps are found to be secured in order to reduce casualties and protect civilian lives.