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Syria Historic Restoration Projects

Syria Historic Restoration Projects

Are there Syria Historic Restoration Projects meant to keep Syria Building Preservation? Are there specific buildings that should be preserved but are not?

Projects Restoration Historic Syria

ISIS looting Syrian, Iraqi sites on industrial scale: UNESCO:

ISIS militants are looting ancient sites across Iraq and Syria on an industrial scale and selling on treasures to middlemen to raise cash, Irina Bokova, the head of the U.N. Cultural agency UNESCO said Thursday. Ref. Source 1x

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ISIS militants are reported to have blown up an ancient temple in the historic ruins of Palmyra, Syria. Syria's Director-General of Antiquities and Museums Maamoun Abdulkarim told the Syrian state news agency SANA that local sources in Palmyra informed him that ISIS members rigged the temple with large quantities of explosives and detonated them. It is unclear when the incident took place. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the conflict, reported that its sources said ISIS blew up the temple, which dates from the first century AD, about a month ago. Ref. CNN

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Reports: Islamic State blows up Palmyra's ancient Arch of Triumph

ISIL has embarked on a campaign to destroy monuments that pre-date Islam and artifacts they say promote idolatry since seizing Palmyra in May. Ref. Source 4n