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During the night, rebels announced that a "group" of senior government officials and military officers in Damascus were preparing to defect to the opposition. [49] That same night, the Sednaya prison was captured and its inmates freed. [8] Pro-government Sham FM radio reported that Damascus airport had been evacuated and all flights halted. [43]
This is a list of heritage sites that were damaged or destroyed during the Syrian Civil War. Damage has been caused to numerous historic buildings, tell mounds and archaeological locations, including all six UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the country. [1] Destructive effects of the conflict are caused by shelling, looting and rebel occupation.
Israeli forces also destroyed the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center in Damascus, a key facility thought to be testing and operating the country's covert chemical and biological weapons ...
ON THE GROUND: Bel Trew visits Jobar – north of Damascus – which was devastated by some of the fiercest battles of the civil war. She meets residents returning home for the first time in more ...
In 2007, the Old City of Damascus and notably the district of Bab Tuma have been recognized by The World Monument Fund as one of the most endangered sites in the world. [19] In October 2010, Global Heritage Fund named Damascus one of 12 cultural heritage sites most "on the verge" of irreparable loss and destruction. [20]
The building has been struck before and sanctioned for its links to chemical weapon production under Assad.The U.N. special envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, called Israel’s airstrikes “a very ...
The synagogue was built atop a cave traditionally thought to have served the prophet Elijah in hiding. The hall center was said to be the place where Elijah anointed Elisha. During the Syrian civil war, the synagogue was hit by mortar bombs, looted, and later two-thirds of the structure was totally destroyed at the end of May 2014. [1]
Fighting continued in south Damascus on May 5, where pro-government media reported renewed airstrikes against “terrorist groups” in Damascus’s al-Hajar al-Aswad area.Convoys of buses left ...