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Sana'a: An official report on Tuesday said 4,141 houses and 88 farms were damaged in the northern Sa'ada province during the war between the Al Houthi rebels and government troops.
The report which was carried by the state-run news agency Saba said 201 public installations including 116 schools, 36 health utilities, and 26 mosques were also either totally or partially damaged.
However, the report came after information that the committee in charge of assessing war damage had returned to the capital Sana'a after disputes over its performance and which areas it should start with.
In Nishoor, one of the most damaged areas, a military car intercepted the committee which included ministers and the governor of Sa'ada and forced them to return to Sana'a last week, according to local sources.
Tribesmen loyal to the government accused the committee of focusing only on Al Houthi areas and ignoring their areas, the sources said.
"There are no areas belonging to Al Houthis, all areas in Yemen are subjected to one sovereignty, which is the sovereignty of the states," said Abdul Qader Helal, Minister of Local Administration who is also the chairman of the damages committee, after he returned to Sana'a this week.
Helal strongly criticised those who think the committee was meant only to appease Al Houthis.
"This is citing against the government from those who always like wrangling at the expense of security and stability," he said.
When asked if the committee will return to Sa'ada, Helal said, "To treat and remove impacts of the war, we need patience, responsibility, severity and seriousness."
At the same time he said they had formed subcommittees to continue their work for assessing damage everywhere.
In some newspapers, the end of the war was considered as a "victory for rebels, defeat for the state, betrayal of the blood of martyrs."
Local residents seemed to be happy with the end of the war.
Rebel leader, Abdul Malki Al Houthi says the end of the war has come after "oral understandings" between him and President Ali Abdullah Saleh through local mediation.
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