Awqaf Authority Condemns ‘Crime’ of Bombing Tombs, Shrines, Domes by US-Saudi Mercenaries

The General Authority for Awqaf condemned the continued targeting of shrines, domes and mosques in the southern occupied governorates by the US-Saudi-Emirati mercenaries.

The authority denounced, in a statement, Friday, that the mercenaries had detonated the tomb of Abdul Rahman bin Omar Badas and the dome of bin Abdul Samad in Radhum area, south of Shabwa governorate.

It considered the mercenaries’ bombing of the tombs, shrines and domes a crime added to the criminal record of the US-Saudi aggression and its mercenaries.

It pointed out that the UAE-backed forces of the so-called “giants” destroyed several similar shrines in several areas south of Shabwa governorate during the past few days.

The Awqaf Authority called on international organizations concerned with preserving heritage to play their role in protecting Yemeni heritage and historical monuments, cities and shrines that are subject to obliteration and distortion by the forces of aggression and mercenaries.

In a document released last month, a rights group has published the number of killed and injured by the US-Saudi aggression and number of destroyed mosques during 2600 days of aggression.

According to Eye of Humanity Center (Ain al-Insiyah Center) for Human Rights and Development, 46,374 civilians, including nearly 14,000 women and children were killed and injured as a result of the direct bombing of homes, schools and markets.

During the 2600 days of the aggression, it said that about 1,622 mosques were destroyed by the US-Saudi aggression and its mercenaries.

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

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

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.