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General Category => World News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on January 20, 2017, 06:00:36 pm
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IS wreaks new destruction in Syria's ancient Palmyra
AFP/File / JOSEPH EID The Roman amphitheatre in the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria, pictured on March 31, 2016
The Islamic State group has demolished more treasured monuments in Syria's ancient Palmyra, a month after recapturing it from government forces, the country's antiquities chief said Friday.
The news is a fresh blow for the UNESCO World Heritage site, which had already been ravaged by the jihadist group during the nine months it held the site before being expelled in March last year.
"Local sources told us that 10 days ago Daesh destroyed the tetrapylon," a 16-columned structure that marked one end of the ancient city's colonnade, Maamoun Abdulkarim told AFP using an Arabic acronym for IS.
https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/wreaks-new-destruction-syrias-ancient-palmyra
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I thought the Russians and Assad were fighting ISIS and protecting Christians.
ISIS certainly wasn't in Aleppo, the biggest battle so far in this war.