The United Nations on Wednesday inscribed an ancient city and its dam in war-torn Yemen and a futurist park in cash-strapped Lebanon on its world heritage list.
The UN cultural agency listed both as world heritage sites in danger, the first because of the conflict raging in Yemen since 2014, and the second because of "its alarming state of conservation" and the lack of resources in Lebanon to maintain it.the achievements of the Saba kingdom from the first millennium BCThe kingdom, known for the legendary Queen of Sheba, at the time controlled much of the incense route across the Arabian Peninsula.
The UN body said it hoped the decision would help "mobilize the entire international community for the protection of sites."in Lebanon's northern coastal city of Tripoli to the list. "The fair was the flagship project of Lebanon's modernization policy in the 1960s," UNESCO said, describing it as "one of the major representative works of 20th century modern architecture" in the region.
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