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The coup in Yemen shows no real abating signs as it enters its sixth year. Civilians across the country continue to bear the brunt of the militias hostilities and unlawful practices.
The militias used the popular discontent and tightened their control over Saada Governorate and neighboring areas north Yemen.
It also managed to extend its control over territories and seized a number of military and security sites in the capital, Sana’a. Then they passed to a second stage of its criminal scheme, namely, planting of mines that occupied Yemeni lands and their shrapnel erupted Yemenis bodies, which resulted in coloring the Yemenis soil by the color of blood.
This cowardly and immoral act of terrorism, and all similar acts committed against civilians, is a heinous crime that transcends all known types of terrorism, as it constitutes a war crime and a crime against humanity. These actions and practices are considered a breach of the rules and provisions of international humanitarian law, especially with regard to human rights.
Human rights reports stated that the militias used mines to target vehicles and others prohibited internationally targeting individuals causing greater numbers of victims. Mines have been used in ways that violate all the rules of war, as they booby-trapped civilian homes in a random way by placing mines on the door steps and in wardrobes, as well as booby-trapping paths leading to them and did the same in farms, which violates all laws and customs, as they use war tools in a criminal way.
The putschists did not respond to international human rights organizations calls to stop the cultivation of this plague, but rather continued their crimes against the Yemenis by expanding the areas contaminated with this epidemic.
Civilians pay a heavy bill for landing mines in this barbaric manner in civilian areas, bearing the burden of its continuously repeated incidents, until their victims are turned into mere numbers that are reported by the media. It is noticeable that the calamities resulting from these boxes have increased during the past weeks and months, especially in the directorates of Khub, Al Shaf, Al Hazm, Al Ghail, Al Masloub and Al Matoun.
The problem has reached an exceptional level, as most human losses that we see in the reports are unarmed civilians, but what makes the situation even worse is that these explosive boxes will cover Yemen for a long time which will make the list of dead and maimed people grow day after day.
To save Yemenis lives from the most dangerous criminal weapon, Masam teams seek to help the Yemeni people to overcome the humanitarian tragedies resulting from the spread of mines. 32 teams are working in Yemen equipped with the latest technologies and distributed in nine governorates according to an action plan under the name of “emergency plan”, which aims to clear mines from high-impact lands, that is, directly related to the daily life routine of Yemenis.
This confirms that Project Masam seeks to completely clear the mines from Yemen without differentiating the Yemeni territories, whether in sectarian or ethnic terms. Masam goals are purely humanitarian and based on following international regulations and norms.
This terrorism is faced by Masam teams with great restraint, patience, and work to lift this afflicted country from the quagmire that it has been thrown into and normalize life in general in villages and cities.
What Project Masam has achieved during its work in Yemen is considered a very big achievement that avoids many citizens from falling into mine traps lurking here and there.