by Vivian Haddad | Mar 3, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture
Beirut- Lebanon has inaugurated its annual celebrations of the “Francophonie” month, which will run throughout March. The event was opened by Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in a musical concert held at the National Museum. Culture Minister Ghattas Khoury and...
A Popular Resistance fighter examines the destruction at the national museum in Taiz (Reuters)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 5, 2016 | Middle East
Houthi militias bombed the national museum in Taiz which resulted in all of its contents being burnt. In addition to this, all of its antiquities and rare manuscripts chronicling the history of Yemen and the governorate of Taiz have been reduced to ashes. Houthi...