The damaged ruins of Palmyra underscore the cultural cost of Syria's war by Jared Malsin

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: April 18, 2016
Article: The damaged ruins of Palmyra underscore the cultural cost of Syria's war
Page: 20
Author:  Jared Malsin
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1. The ancient Temple of Bel is located in Palmyra, Syria.
2. Palmyra was built about 32 A.D.
3. ISIS militants conquered Palmyra in May 2015.
4. ISIS militants destroyed the Temple of Bel in August 2015.
5. The ISIS militants destroyed the Temple of Bel because they adhere to a purit.
6. ISIS militants have destroyed the Temple of Baalshamin.
7. ISIS militants destroyed a series of statues that they looted from Palmyra.
8. Khaled al-Asaad was an antiquities scholar who was killed by ISIS militants.
9. Lorenzo Meloni is the only one who has been able to photograph the destruction of Palmyra as of April 2016.
10. The Syrian Civil War has been going on for five years.
11. All six of Syria's UNESCO World Heritage Sites has been damaged.
12. No, jihadists are not the only ones doing the destruction to these sites.
13. The Syrian Government bombed Krak des Chevaliers.
14. Krak des Chevaliers is the 12th century crusader castle west of Homs.
15. An 11th century minaret of the grand mosque in the city of Aleppo.