Tariq Saleh’s gunmen demolish Imam Rifai’s historic dome in Mocha

TAIZ, March 06 (YPA) – Al-Qaeda and ISIS takfirist elements on Saturday attacked one of the most prominent historical Islamic monuments in Mocha district in Taiz province, southwestern Yemen.

According to local sources, a group of terrorists affiliated to the UAE- backed militias led by Brigadier General Tariq Saleh stormed the dome of the “El Rifai”,  in the  Najiba area on the outskirts of  Mocha Directorate, and tampered with its contents, before demolishing the dome and burning the mausoleum and shrine of Imam Al-Wali Ahmed Ali Al-Rifai.

The people of the region denounced the silence of Saudi-led coalition forces over the movements of takfiris and their attacks against the people, religious symbols and historical monuments, which date back to the third century AH  in the district.

Attacks on historic mosques, shrines and Islamic and historical monuments are frequent in coalition-controlled provinces, and terrorist elements have already blown up historic shrines and mosques in Taiz, Lahj and Hadhramaut.

The UAE is recruiting terrorist elements of al-Qaeda and ISIS, opening training centers for them in the southern provinces and sending them to several fronts, particularly the West Coast fronts.

E.M