Yemeni Army Announces the Removal of Houthi Mines Washed Away by Floods to Roads in Western Yemen
Yemeni Monitor/Newsroom
Yemeni army engineering teams announced on Tuesday that they had discovered a number of Houthi mines that had been washed away by heavy rains into valleys in the liberated areas north of Hajjah Governorate (western Yemen).
The engineering teams in the fifth military region reported that they had received several reports over the past two days from citizens stating that they had found mines along the banks of wadis in Bani Zain and Bani Fadl in Hiran district, following heavy rains and flash floods that hit the area last weekend.
They indicated that they had managed to remove four anti-vehicle mines and destroy another, near citizens’ farms and entrances to roads leading to homes, while the teams continue the daily survey of valleys and areas of migrating mines, in conjunction with the continued receipt of reports from residents about finding Houthi mines stockpiled in large areas of the liberated districts.
The heavy rains throughout last Friday caused strong winds and torrential floods, which resulted in the damage of hundreds of displaced families, the destruction and washing away of property, and the declaration of the liberated districts as disaster areas due to the rains and floods.
Migrating mines pose a new threat to the lives of civilians who depend on agriculture and livestock grazing, after being washed away to their mine-free areas and war remnants.
Over the past month, a young man was killed and a child and a woman were injured by exploding mines in different areas of Midi, Haradh, and Abs districts in the same governorate, which are infested with thousands of mines planted by the Houthis over the past years.
