SANA'A, March 10 (Saba) - An initial counting report showed on Wednesday that about 5,026 houses have been damaged due to the Houthi rebellion in Sa'ada province and Harf Sufian district.

The report was discussed by the Higher Committee to tackle the rebellion affects in Sa'ada province and Harf Sufian district chaired by the Prime Minister Ali Mujawar.

It showed that the 1,699 houses were devastated completely, 1,973 ones were destroyed partly and the others need just for restoration.

The report prepared by Sa'ada Reconstruction Fund in cooperation with Sa'ada and Amran provinces' leadership has not surveyed all the affected areas. It deals with the damaged public and private facilities in some areas and the others are in the way.

About 320 public facilities have been damaged by the rebellion in some districts of Sa'ada province, including schools, hospitals, medical centers, police stations, courts, mosques and other facilities.

In Harf Sufian district of Amran province, the number of facilities that have been damaged reached 404 ones, 377 of which are houses.

Prior to the last war that was erupted in august 2009, the report affirmed that the fund has managed to implement 33 development public projects amounting to over YR 365.5 million, in addition to 13 other projects are still under construction.

The houses that have been reconstructed entirely in the same period reached 1,355 ones, besides 1,084 were under construction at a total cost of YR 979.4 million, out of the contract amounts, which were over YR 1.6 billion.

The committee has assigned minister of Planning and International Cooperation and the Fund's Executive Director to contact with the World Bank to prepare a comprehensive study on the damages and the real requirements for a reconstruction plan in Sa'ada and Harf Sufian.

Sa'ada province has suffered from sporadic six-year war between the government troops and al-Houthi rebels since 2004. The last round of the war was erupted in August 2009.

On February 12th, a ceasefire deal was announced by President Ali Abdullah Saleh following the Houthi rebel leader acceptance of the government's sex terms.

Four committees have been established to oversee the implementation of the deal.

In spite some breaches committed by al-Houthi rebels, the deal's implementation is groining well but slowly.

The ceasefire deal contains six terms, which are:

- Houthi commitment to ceasefire, eliminating landmines and leaving positions and hideouts.
- Rebel withdrawal from all districts in Saada and stopping interference in the local government's duties.
- Returning looted Yemeni and Saudi military and public equipment and properties.
- Releasing Yemeni and Saudi captives.
- Obeying the law and constitution.
- Pledging not to attack Saudi lands.

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