ISIS on a destruction spree of ancient monuments, shoots children dead near Palmyra

#ISIS #Palmyra #Syria #UNESCO #WorldHeritage The ISIS is determined to destroy all ancient monuments in Iraq, Syria and other locations, monuments that had been standing there for centuries as symbols of a glorious past and not content with killing ordinary citizens, the militant outfit is filming videos of what they are destroying and how. They have already been filmed destroying artefacts in the Iraqi cities of Nimrud and Hatra.
In the latest spate of violence, Islamic State fighters have shot dead 23 civilians near the city of Palmyra – nine of them were children. This has been reported by Rami Abdel Rahman, the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The dead were family members of government employees.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 15 May 2015.

The jihadi fighters have their eyes focused on Palmyra, a UNESCO world heritage site. The city, nicknamed "the pearl of the desert", is home to millennia-old tombs, colonnades and Roman temples. In the opinion of Irina Bokova, the head of UNESCO, it would be a shame to destroy these treasures. She has called on Syrian troops and extremists to spare Palmyra because it "represents an irreplaceable treasure for the Syrian people, and the world".
In the latest offensive, more than 138 combatants - 73 soldiers and 65 jihadists - have been killed. Before that, there were reports of at least 26 civilians being killed by IS. Ten of them were beheaded for collaborating with the Syrian regime.
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