Syrian Heritage Sites

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  ISIS Withdraws From Syria's Heritage Site Of Palmyra: Monitor

  Terror group ISIS withdrew from much of the Syrian oasis city of Palmyra overnight, a monitor said today, but government forces paused before entering its ravaged ancient ruins because of mines.

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  Russian Deminers Comb Syria's Palmyra For ISIS Deadly Legacy

  Russian army sappers in bulky protective suits slowly sweep their mine detectors through the ancient ruins of the Syrian world heritage site of Palmyra following its recapture from jihadists.

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  Syrian Antiquities Chief Says Turkey Refuses To Return Looted Art

  Syria's antiquities chief has accused Turkey of refusing to return looted objects from ancient heritage sites in Syria or to provide information about them, allegations denied by the Turkish government.

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  Islamic State Militants Blow Up Palmyra's Ancient Tower Tombs: Syria's Antiquities Chief

  Islamic State has blown up three ancient tower tombs in Palmyra built between the years 44 and 103 AD, Syria's antiquities chief said today, having also destroyed two ancient temples at the site in central Syria in the last few weeks.

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  Islamic State Destroys Ancient Islamic Mausoleums in Syria's Palmyra

  Islamic State group fighters have destroyed two ancient Muslim mausoleums in the historic Syrian city of Palmyra, the country's antiquities director said today.

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  Islamic State Jihadists Take Ramadi But Pinned Back in Palmyra

  The Islamic State group sealed its capture of Ramadi Sunday after a dramatic pullout by Iraqi forces but was prevented by Syrian troops from taking the heritage site of Palmyra.

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  Nearly 300 Dead in Battle for Syria's Palmyra: Monitor

  Nearly 300 people have been killed in several days of fighting since the Islamic State group launched an attack against Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, a monitor said Sunday.

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  Islamic State at Gates of Syria's Palmyra Raising Fears for Ancient City

  Islamic State group fighters advanced to the gates of ancient Palmyra Thursday, raising fears the Syrian world heritage site could face destruction of the kind the jihadists have already wreaked in Iraq.

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  Islamic State Jihadists Threaten Syria's Ancient Palmyra: Monitor

  Islamic State group jihadists battled Syrian troops near ancient Palmyra Thursday, threatening the UNESCO world heritage site with the kind of destruction it has wreaked in Iraq, a monitoring group said.

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  How the Syrian War Has Affected This UNESCO World Heritage Site

  Jordan's Petra has been a tourist delight for decades. But the conflict and violence that plague Jordan's neighbours have meant that fewer tourists are willing to risk travelling to Petra, or anywhere else in Jordan.

• John Kerry Blames Islamic State, Syrian President Assad for 'Barbarism' of Heritage Sites

  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday blamed Islamic State militants and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for destroying cultural treasures in Syria and Iraq describing it as "ugly, savage, inexplicable, valueless barbarism".

• UNESCO lists six Syrian heritage sites as 'endangered'

  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Thursday added six ancient sites in Syria including a fortress of Saladin and a Crusader castle to the endangered World Heritage list, warning that more than two years of civil war had inflicted heavy damage.

• UNESCO world heritage site in Syria destroyed

  The 11th-century minaret of a famed mosque that towered over the narrow stone alleyways of Aleppo's old quarter collapsed on Wednesday as rebels and government troops fought pitched battles in the streets around it, depriving the ancient Syrian city of one of its most important landmarks.