Did Saudi Arabia Bomb Yemen’s Ancient Marib Dam? · Global Voices
Amira Al Hussaini

Unconfirmed reports say that Saudi coalition forces, which have been bombing Yemen for more than two months have targeted the Marib Dam, one of the engineering wonders of the ancient world.
On Twitter, Hussain Albukhaiti claims:
Unconfirmed reports: #Saudi Jets has Just targeted the historic #Marib Dam  NW #Yemenhttp://t.co/rZYWUF2Qe6 pic.twitter.com/XTqHrXMGAk
— Hussain Albukhaiti (@HussainBukhaiti) May 30, 2015
In a follow up tweet, Albukhaiti posts a photograph of ruins, of what he describes as the dam, which dates back to the 8th century BC and is considered the oldest known dam in the world:
Marib Dam NE #Yemen dating from 8th century BCE was targeted yest by #Saudi jetPrev Tweethttps://t.co/c746huac1P pic.twitter.com/D8nj6yA5M1
— Hussain Albukhaiti (@HussainBukhaiti) May 31, 2015
The size of the destruction of Yemeni infrastructure and history is still unaccounted for. We are gathering information and leads here on the damage on Global Voices Checkdesk, a collaboration project between Meedan Checkdesk, an online news verification tool, and Global Voices Online.
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