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Tuesday, 22 September 2015

ISIS wiping out the history of Syria and Iraq

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/09/world/iraq-isis-heritage/  

 The temple of Baalshamin in Palmyra, Syria, seen in a file image dating back to 1960. ISIS <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/24/middleeast/syria-isis-palmyra-ruins-temple/index.html">militants are reported to have rigged the ruins</a> with large quantities of explosives before detonating them. The timing of the blast is uncertain -- the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it happened sometime in late July/early August.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/24/middleeast/syria-isis-palmyra-shrines/



http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=47340#.VgGqc99Viko

http://syriatimes.sy/index.php/don-t-miss/19309-foreign-ministry-isil-barbaric-attacks-on-syria-s-cultural-heritage-target-the-syrian-national-identity-memory


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Tuesday, 8 September 2015

The threatened landscape of Syria

ISIS are not only killing people but are also killing a traditional landscape of the region by flattening ancient buildings-


The Temple of Baal Shamin

Map showing destroyed sites- 


The world heritage sites that have been damaged so far by ISIS across Syria and Iraq

Confirmation: The Temple of Baal Shamin had stood in the desert for 2,000 years, but was destroyed by ISIS at some point in the last months, as these images - taken in June (top) and in August (bottom) prove






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