Smuggler Explains How ISIS Turns Ancient Artifacts...
27 / July / 2016
The world has already witnessed the barbarity with which ISIS treats precious monuments, but now, a smuggler is showing how they are selling the artifacts to fund their terror. http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/smuggler-explains-how-isis-turns-ancient-artifacts-into-mass-profit-66...
Syrian and international experts agree on emergenc...
27 / July / 2016
Berlin, 4 June—Some 230 Syrian and international experts joined forces in a two-day meeting to assess damage to cultural heritage sites in Syria, develop methodologies and define priority emergency safeguarding measures for the country’s heritage. The expert meeting, held in Berlin f...
The Cultural Costs of the Conflict in Syria
27 / July / 2016
The war in Syria has displaced more than half the population, and hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been killed. The country’s rich cultural heritage is another victim of the conflict. Syria’s archaeological sites include the ruins of our earliest civilizations and some of the most...
Preventing Cultural Genocide: Countering the Plund...
27 / July / 2016
Hearing Hearing entitled “Preventing Cultural Genocide: Countering the Plunder and Sale of Priceless Cultural Antiquities by ISIS”Tuesday, April 19, 2016 10:00 AM in 2128 Rayburn HOBTask Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing Click here for the Committee Memorandum. &n...
Damage Report St. Simeon Russian Airstrike May 12,...
18 / July / 2016
St. Simeon (previously known as Tellanissos) is a monastery that lies to the north east of the city of Aleppo. It is named after Saint Simeon Stylites who was born in the year 389 AD in the town of Sisan, south of Mount Simeon (part of Jabal Al-Zawiya). He fled to Tellanissos in 412 AD and spent mor...
Damage Report St. Simeon June 16, 2016
18 / July / 2016
The Church of Saint Simeon was built in the year 490 AD on Mount Simeon. It served as an impregnable fortress during the days of Saladin. St. Simeon is a part of the “Dead Cities” listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. On Thursday June 16th, 2016, St. Simeon was targeted by the Russ...