The Yemeni Landmine Monitor warned today (Thursday) of a danger threatening international navigation and fishing vessels, stressing that mines recently laid by the Houthi militia are approaching the vicinity of the islands in the northwestern sector of Yemen.
The Observatory wrote in tweets on its Twitter account today: “Additional moving naval mines are approaching the vicinity of some islands located in the northwestern sector of the Red Sea, after the Houthis deployed them during the past days, taking advantage of the south-north winds that contributed to moving these mines.” Pollution of the Red Sea with more marine mines of various sizes and missions threatens international commercial navigation and marine life and poses an imminent threat to the lives of fishermen and sea-goers.
This came in conjunction with the “Rights Radar” human rights organization calling for the need to pressure the Houthi militia to hand over maps of the mines it planted in Al-Hodeidah Governorate to preserve the lives of civilians who fall on a daily basis as a result of their explosions.
The organization said in a statement today: “We call on the United Nations Mission in Support of the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) to pressure the Houthis to hand over maps of mines, at least those that were planted in the areas from which government forces withdrew, to save the lives of civilians living in villages affected by mines and explosive remnants.” Confrontations and limiting more casualties,” expressing regret over the killing of a young man while working on a farm to secure a living for his family, in addition to the killing of a woman and the injury of her 12-year-old daughter.
