Preventing its rehabilitation.. Al-Houthi faces the catastrophe of the collapse of old Sanaa houses in "Al-Tarabil"
English - Wednesday 24 August 2022 الساعة 09:28 am
Sana'a, NewsYemen, private:
The historic old city of Sanaa, one of the oldest cities in the world, is facing the threat of collapse due to heavy rains and years of neglect, tampering and deliberate distortion by the terrorist Houthi militia.
The ancient city of Sanaa, whose construction dates back 2,500 years, is characterized by its unique architectural art, which includes the identity, history and memory of the Yemeni people, as well as bearing witness to the achievements of the Islamic and Arab civilization, the most important civilizations in human history.
The city of Sanaa, which has withstood hundreds of years, its residents did not expect that torrential rains would turn it into piles of mud and reach the brink of collapse during the past years, as the recent heavy rains damaged more than 500 homes, destroyed 462 homes, and displaced 256 families in the old city of Sana’a, and many mud houses became It is not safe to live in.
Aqil Nasser, deputy head of the General Authority for the Preservation of Historic Cities under the control of the militias, said in a statement earlier, that the ceilings of about 5,000 tall buildings in the old city of Sanaa are leaking water and that the ceilings of 107 buildings have been partially destroyed.
Ahmed Qassem, one of the owners of damaged houses in the old city of Sanaa, told NewsYemen that the de-facto Houthi authority did not provide him or his house, which is at risk of collapsing due to the rain, anything. Follow up and follow up on "Tarabal Sehri" to prevent his house from collapsing, he said.
The heads of families whose homes were affected by rain in the old Sana’a complain about the absence of the state, the collapse of public services and the interruption of water, and the de-facto authorities shirk their responsibility towards the disasters that hit their old homes, hoping that the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) will move urgently to save their homes from total collapse.
The old city of Sana'a, with its historical depth and beauty, has been subjected to distortion over the past years with paint and Houthi sectarian propaganda slogans spread in Houthi-controlled areas. The Houthis also demolished a large number of historic homes and converted them into commercial districts and confiscated other abandoned homes.
While Abdullah Ghalis, a resident of Sanaa, confirmed that the Houthi militia members paint the walls of the old Sanaa houses and its various walls with their slogans, without the permission of their owners and indifferent to distort the city's special beauty and antique architecture.
He pointed out that many of the city's residents are upset that their homes have been defaced and neglected by the Houthis, and that a number of the city's residents have been pursued and arrested on malicious charges because they objected to painting the group's slogans on the houses.
Many residents are surprised by the suspicious silence of the concerned authorities and the lack of oversight or interference by the United Nations UNESCO, which is concerned with human and cultural heritage in the world, to pressure the Houthis to stop this distortion and neglect of Yemen’s most important cultural landmarks, which may cross off the old city of Sana’a from the World Heritage List.
