Over 1000 mosques destroyed in Saudi-led war on Yemen

During the Saudi-led aggression on Yemen over the past few years, as many as 1,024 mosques have been fully or partly destroyed in the Arabian Peninsula country, a Houthi official said.

During the Saudi-led aggression on Yemen over the past few years, as many as 1,024 mosques have been fully or partly destroyed in the Arabian Peninsula country, a Houthi official said.

He added that a large number of copies of the Quran in the mosques were also destroyed in the bombings.

He described it as one of the worst crimes in history but stressed that the Saudi-led aggression has only strengthened the steadfastness of the Yemeni people and their devotion to the Quran and Ahl-ul-Bayt, peace be upon them.

Leading a coalition of its allies, Saudi Arabia invaded Yemen in March 2015 in an attempt to reinstall fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, who had resigned amid popular discontent and fled to Riyadh, and to crush the Houthis.

The aggression is estimated to have left 56,000 Yemenis dead.