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29 Sep 2015, 12:09 pm by Sheppard Mullin
Code § 2339A. [2] Matthew Hall, How We Can Prevent ISIS From Pillaging Palmyra, the Newsweek, (June 14, 2015), available at http://www.newsweek.com/how-we-can-prevent-isis-pillaging-palmyra-342348. [3] Julian Pecquet, Congress Deals Blow to ISIS Looting in Syria, the U.S. [read post]
29 Sep 2015, 12:09 pm by Justin Xu* and Robert Darwell
Code § 2339A. [2] Matthew Hall, How We Can Prevent ISIS From Pillaging Palmyra, the Newsweek, (June 14, 2015), available at http://www.newsweek.com/how-we-can-prevent-isis-pillaging-palmyra-342348. [3] Julian Pecquet, Congress Deals Blow to ISIS Looting in Syria, the U.S. [read post]
29 Sep 2015, 12:09 pm by Sheppard Mullin
Code § 2339A. [2] Matthew Hall, How We Can Prevent ISIS From Pillaging Palmyra, the Newsweek, (June 14, 2015), available at http://www.newsweek.com/how-we-can-prevent-isis-pillaging-palmyra-342348. [3] Julian Pecquet, Congress Deals Blow to ISIS Looting in Syria, the U.S. [read post]
29 Sep 2015, 12:09 pm by Sheppard Mullin
Code § 2339A. [2] Matthew Hall, How We Can Prevent ISIS From Pillaging Palmyra, the Newsweek, (June 14, 2015), available at http://www.newsweek.com/how-we-can-prevent-isis-pillaging-palmyra-342348. [3] Julian Pecquet, Congress Deals Blow to ISIS Looting in Syria, the U.S. [read post]
29 Sep 2015, 12:09 pm by Sheppard Mullin
Code § 2339A. [2] Matthew Hall, How We Can Prevent ISIS From Pillaging Palmyra, the Newsweek, (June 14, 2015), available at http://www.newsweek.com/how-we-can-prevent-isis-pillaging-palmyra-342348. [3] Julian Pecquet, Congress Deals Blow to ISIS Looting in Syria, the U.S. [read post]
24 Sep 2015, 1:03 pm by Elina Saxena, Cody M. Poplin
Supported by newly arrived Russian equipment, the Syrian government has intensified air attacks on Palmyra and ground attacks in Aleppo, and Al Jazeera tells us that all but a few dozen residents of Palmyra have fled the city. [read post]
2 Sep 2015, 6:08 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
” This project is especially timely in light of the seemingly unstoppable destruction of antiquities, including in Palmyra, Syria. [read post]
2 Sep 2015, 12:01 pm by Laura DeGeer
" The temples of Palmyra are considered to be the most important first-century religious monuments in the Middle East, embodying "the dignity of the entire Syrian people and humanity's loftiest aspirations. [read post]
1 Sep 2015, 11:16 am by Cody M. Poplin
Away from the country’s political heartland, the United Nations has used satellite imagery to confirm that ISIS militants have indeed destroyed the Temple of Baal in the ancient city of Palmyra. [read post]
31 Aug 2015, 11:25 am by Quinta Jurecic
Earlier this month, the militant group detonated Palmyra’s Temple of Baalshamin, the Wall Street Journal reminds us. [read post]
25 Aug 2015, 10:42 am by Quinta Jurecic
News broke this weekend that ISIS had destroyed the ancient Temple of Baalshamin, previously one of the best-preserved ruins in Palmyra, Syria. [read post]
24 Aug 2015, 12:58 pm by Laura DeGeer
[JURIST] Irina Bokova, the Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) [official website], on Monday condemned [press release] the destruction of Palmyra's ancient temple of Baalshamin by Islamic State (IS) militants, labeling it a war crime. [read post]
24 Aug 2015, 10:51 am by Quinta Jurecic , Cody M. Poplin
On Sunday, ISIS fighters set off an explosion in an ancient temple in Palmyra, Syria, destroying the the Temple of Baalshamin, one of the most well-preserved monuments among the ruins in Palmyra and a UNESCO World Heritage site. [read post]
24 Aug 2015, 7:43 am
"Syria's head of antiquities was quoted as saying the temple was blown up on Sunday," BBC reports.The ancient city, which is a Unesco World Heritage site, is famed for its well-preserved Greco-Roman ruins, and the Baalshamin temple, built nearly 2,000 years ago, is one of the city's best-known buildings.... [read post]
21 Aug 2015, 12:07 pm by Staley Smith, Quinta Jurecic
In addition, by murdering Khalid al-Asaad, the director of antiquities in Palmyra and “a revered figure in Syria’s cultural community, the Islamic State showed another shade of its brutality, and also its criminal disdain for Syria’s vast heritage. [read post]
19 Aug 2015, 12:41 pm by Staley Smith, Quinta Jurecic
In the latest atrocity perpetrated by the Islamic State, members of the militant group have beheaded the renowned retired director of antiquities in the Syrian city of Palmyra, the Guardian reports. 83-year-old Khaled al-Asaad had worked for 50 years as “the top overseer for Palmyra’s sprawling Roman-era ruins and the gatekeeper for researchers seeking to work there for more than five decades. [read post]
10 Aug 2015, 1:52 pm by Staley Smith
In a recent piece authored for Vocativ, Shane Dixon Kavanaugh tells us of an ISIS film made in Palmyra, Syria. [read post]
6 Aug 2015, 11:37 am by Quinta Jurecic , Staley Smith
The capture of Qaryatain creates a clear route between the city of Palmyra and the Qalamun region near Damascus, both held by ISIS. [read post]
6 Aug 2015, 11:37 am by Quinta Jurecic , Staley Smith
The capture of Qaryatain creates a clear route between the city of Palmyra and the Qalamun region near Damascus, both held by ISIS. [read post]