The Agony of Saada
U.S. and Saudi Bombs Target Yemen's Ancient Heritage

http:///theintercept.com/2015/11/16/u-s-and-saudi-bombs-target-yemens-ancient-heritage/
Date Written:  2015-11-16
Publisher:  The Intercept
Year Published:  2015
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX18315

In addition to the growing number of civilian casualties in the country's seven-month-long war, U.S.-made bombs dropped by fighter jets from a Saudi Arabian-led coalition are pulverizing Yemen's architectural history. These airstrikes are tearing villages apart, forcibly displacing thousands and erasing the country's inimitable heritage, according to the world heritage body, UNESCO.