How Islamic State's destruction of ancient Palmyra played out on Arabic-language Twitter
December 12, 2018 by Emma Cunliffe And Luigi Curini, The Conversation
Pictures of the destruction of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Palmyra have become iconic images of the conflict in Syria. These have been widely shared around the world as symbols of Islamic State's barbarism – profiled alongside their extensive human rights violations, such as the massacre of the Yazidi people.
But new research from the universities of Newcastle and Milan, published in Antiquity, suggests the destruction also received some support from the Arabic-speaking public.
IS is not the first group to purposefully destroy heritage. The Taliban's destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan also shocked the world. but IS's "socially mediated terrorism" has far-reaching impacts.
https://phys.org/news/2018-12-islamic-state-destruction-ancient-palmyra.html
