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Destruction of Yemen buildings

World Monuments Fund restores buildings in war-ravaged Yemen Restoration of Imam’s Palace Taiz, a battleground in the civil war that has consumed Yemen since 2015, sustained serious damage to heritage sites. In 2016, the National Museum was shelled and its collection of manuscripts destroyed. A 16th-century mosque was blown up by Houthi rebels, prompting the World Monuments Fund (WMF) to…