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  "id": 8742805,
  "title": "Saudi Masam project clears 1,721 landmines in Yemen in one week",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/saudi-masam-project-clears-1-721-landmines-in-yemen-in-one-week",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T18:20:36.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://english.ajel.sa/world/0b4pvatqt"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center's Masam project successfully removed 1,721 landmines and unexploded ordnance across Yemen in the third week of September 2026, according to Ajel English. The cleared explosives comprised 44 anti-personnel mines, 85 anti-tank mines, and 1,592 unexploded ordnance items. The report detailed specific removals in various governorates, including Aden, Al-Mukalla, Midi, and Shabwa. Since the project's launch in August, a total of 3,887 landmines and unexploded ordnance items have been cleared, bringing the cumulative total to 592,212 since the project's inception.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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