Saudi Arabia provides medical services in Jordan, Yemen

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Updated 23 July 2021
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Saudi Arabia provides medical services in Jordan, Yemen

  • Al-Jada Health Center outlets in Yemen’s Hajjah governorate provided excellent treatment services for 9,336 individuals

AMMAN: King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) clinics provided medical services to 399 patients at the Zaatari refugee camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan.

General medicine clinics received 130 patients, those responsible for internal medicine dealt with 34 people with diabetes, hypertension, and asthma, 43 patients visited pediatric centers, 39 were treated at the emergency department, and two dental clinics handled 22 cases.

In June, Al-Jada Health Center outlets in Yemen’s Hajjah governorate provided treatment services for 9,336 individuals with the support of KSrelief.

Patients received included 2,777 in its emergency department, 2,615 in the awareness and education department, 1,554 in internal medicine, 1,311 in the epidemiological department, 563 in reproductive health, and 516 in the surgery and dressing department.


Saudi mine-clearance project in Yemen destroys 4,235 explosive devices in a day

Updated 22 January 2026
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Saudi mine-clearance project in Yemen destroys 4,235 explosive devices in a day

  • Project Masam aims to rid Yemen of all mines to help ensure the highest standards of safety and security for the Yemeni people

LONDON: Saudi Arabia’s Project Masam cleared 4,235 mines, unexploded ordnance and other explosive devices in a single day from Bab Al-Mandab region in southwestern Yemen, as part of its mission to protect civilians.

Osama Al-Gosaibi, the project’s director general, said it aims to rid Yemen of all mines to help ensure the highest standards of safety and security for the Yemeni people.

On Wednesday, the project’s teams destroyed 33 anti-tank mines, 31 anti-personnel mines, 86 miscellaneous shells, 2,750 assorted rounds, 1,291 breakers and valves used in devices, 12 grenades, two Katyusha rockets, a missile, 15 shell arrows, and 14 other explosive devices.

Masam’s teams are tasked with clearing villages, roads and areas around schools to facilitate the safe movement of civilians and delivery of humanitarian aid.

The project trains local people to become demining engineers, provides them with modern equipment to do the job, and also offers support to Yemenis injured by explosive devices.