UNESCO MEETING LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR REVIVING, PROTECTING IRAQ’S CULTURAL HERITAGE

Alarmed at destruction in Palmyra, Security Council reiterates need to stamp out hatred espoused by ISIL

Amid the destruction of cultural heritage in Syria, including that of the famed tetrapylon and parts of the Roman theatre in Palmyra by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, the United Nations Security Council has reiterated that the terrorist group must be defeated and that the intolerance, violence, and hatred it espouses must be stamped out. Read more