AL-MUKALLA: Yemen’s Houthi militia aims to destroy ancient marketplaces and buildings in UNESCO World Heritage-listed Old Sanaa to construct a religious shrine, officials have claimed. The urgent warning from the Yemeni government and local residents and shopkeepers came after a leaked video showed a meeting of Houthi officials exhibiting a new 3-D film of a massive facade
AL-MUKALLA, Yemen: War-weary Yemenis are enjoying a rare moment of celebration after UNESCO added historic structures in the central province of Marib to its World Heritage Site list. During an extraordinary session of the World Heritage Committee in Paris on Wednesday, the UN body added the seven landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba in Marib, as well as two other
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The project is part of helping the Yemeni government to protect the Yemeni heritage, and also a part Saudi Arabia’s leading role in preserving the history and antiquities of the Arabian Peninsula and Arab and Islamic countries.