Al Qaeda Blow Up 700-Year-Old Mosque in Yemen as Saudi Aggression Continues
Local Editor
The extremist group, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula [AQAP], blew up a 700-year-old mosque in Yemen’s southwest province of Lahj on Thursday.
This comes as Saudi Arabia’s deadly air aggression against Yemen has continued unabated for more than four months.
A Saudi-led coalition backed by the United States has been carrying out airstrikes against Yemen since March. The airstrikes have not been authorized by the UN.
Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies backed by the United States began to launch deadly airstrikes in Yemen on March 26, in an attempt to restore power to Yemen’s fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Saudi Arabia.
The death toll of civilians has risen to at least 1,916, with another 4,186 civilians wounded since the escalation of the conflict in March in Yemen, according to the United Nations [UN] recently this week on Tuesday.
