{"id":3131,"date":"2016-09-05T18:29:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T18:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/3131-unesco-director-general-condemns-the-destruction-of-bani-matar-mosque-in-yemen\/"},"modified":"2016-09-05T18:29:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T18:29:30","slug":"unesco-director-general-condemns-the-destruction-of-bani-matar-mosque-in-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/3131-unesco-director-general-condemns-the-destruction-of-bani-matar-mosque-in-yemen\/","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO Director-General condemns the destruction of Bani Matar Mosque in Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has condemned the destruction of a 9th century mosque located in Bani Matar, Sana\u2019a Governorate.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has condemned the destruction of a 9th century mosque located in Bani Matar, Sana\u2019a Governorate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am deeply concerned about the continuing destruction of Yemen\u2019s unique cultural heritage. This is a direct attack against the country&#8217;s historical sites, and on the people\u2019s history and identity that will affect the society over the very long term. This senseless violence must stop immediately.&#8221; said Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General.<\/p>\n<p>Several reports from the General Organization of Antiquities and Museums (GOAM) and the General Organization for the Preservation of Historic Cities (GOPHCY) in Yemen, notably, have confirmed the destruction of the mosque by an air strike on Thursday August 25, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has condemned the destruction of a 9th century mosque located in Bani Matar, Sana\u2019a Governorate. \u00a0 \u00a0 The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has condemned the destruction of a 9th century mosque located in Bani Matar, Sana\u2019a Governorate. &#8220;I am deeply concerned about the continuing destruction of Yemen\u2019s unique &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[214,38,323,68],"class_list":["post-3131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-mosque","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-unesco","tag-yemen"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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