Despite the massive destruction caused by the internal war in Yemen, there are cities that were served by the war and transformed from neglected rural villages into new, prosperous cities. The city of Al-Turbah - southwest of the besieged Taiz Governorate - would have been one of those cities thanks to its transformation into a vital main corridor for the residents of the city of Taiz and its districts besieged by the Houthi militias, had it not been for the fact that the local authority in the district was not up to the responsibility and failed to seize the precious opportunity to develop its infrastructure. Transforming it into a new city.