News – Yemen: Three civilians were killed with a mine planted by US-Saudi mercenaries in Serwah district in Marib governorate. According to Saba News Agency, the head of Serwah district, Mure'e Al-Ameri, called to take urgent action to clean up the villages and areas of the district of the remnants of cluster bombs, missiles and mines which pose a threat to the lives of civilians.

In turn, the Executive Center for Mine Action confirmed that civilian casualties were recorded on a daily basis due to the large spread of cluster bombs and other remnants of air raids by the US-Saudi aggression.

The center pointed out the difficulties it faces due to the failure of the United Nations Development Program to provide the requirements for marking contaminated areas with cluster bombs, remnants of war and raids.

The US-Saudi aggression continues to target neighborhoods and populated areas and destroy the infrastructure of the country, in light of a suspicious international silence.

Saudi Arabia, backed by the United States and regional allies, launched the war on Yemen in March 2015, with the claim of bringing the government of former Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi back to power.

The war has left hundreds of thousands of Yemenis dead, and displaced millions more. It has also destroyed Yemen’s infrastructure and spread famine and infectious diseases there.

The victims of cluster bombs have reached more than 25,000 civilians since the beginning of the US-Saudi aggression on Yemen in 2015. The Director of the Executive Center for Mine Action, Brigadier General Ali Safra, pointed out that the support and resources allocated to field clearance do not reach the level of 2% of what is required to be cleaned.
 
Brigadier-General Safra stated that Hodeidah, Al-Baidha'a, Marib, Al-Jawf, Nihm and Sa'ada are the most infested areas for mines and bombs, in which the aggression used the most deadly and latest military technology in our country.
 
He explained that the Center is continuing to work to clear areas contaminated and affected by the bombs and mines of the US-Saudi aggression, pointing out that mines and remnants - especially cluster bombs - have become a national issue and a societal problem that must be disposed.
 
It is noteworthy that the Executive Center for Mine Action announced the discovery of 544 mines and cluster bombs left over from the aggression during the first week of January 2022.