SIX SITES IN SYRIA PLACED ON UN LIST OF WORLD HERITAGE IN DANGER

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SIX SITES IN SYRIA PLACED ON UN LIST OF WORLD HERITAGE IN DANGER
New York, Jun 20 2013 12:00PM
Drawing attention to the risks the ongoing conflict poses to Syria's
cultural heritage, a United Nations committee has
<"http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/syrias_six_world_heritage_sites_placed_on_list_of_world_heritage_in_danger/">placed
six world heritage sites in the country on its endangered list.

The Ancient City of Damascus; Site of Palmyra; Ancient City of Bosra;
Ancient City of Aleppo; Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din;
and Ancient Villages of northern Syria were inscribed on the List of
World Heritage in Danger by the World Heritage Committee.

"The danger listing is intended to mobilize all possible support for
the safeguarding of these properties, which are recognized by the
international community as being of outstanding universal value for
humanity as a whole," said a news release issued by the UN
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

The decision was taken as part of the Committee's review of the state
of conservation of World Heritage sites already inscribed on the World
Heritage List. Currently meeting in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh,
the Committee will close in Angkor on 27 June.

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has repeatedly called on both
sides of the Syrian conflict to do all they can to prevent the
destruction of the country's cultural heritage amid the violence,
which is currently in its third year.

Several sites have already suffered damage or have been destroyed
since the fighting began in March 2011. This past April, there were
reports that the minaret of one of the country's most famous mosques,
the Great Mosque at the heart of the ancient city of Aleppo, was
reduced to rubble.

Also, last October, the city's souk – considered to be the world's
most extensive covered market and a coveted tourist destination –
suffered major damage during a fire amid the fighting between the
Syrian army and opposition forces seeking to oust President Bashar
Al-Assad.

More than 93,000 people have been killed so far in the conflict, which
has also left 6.8 million people in need of humanitarian assistance
and sent some 1.5 million fleeing to neighbouring countries for
safety.
Jun 20 2013 12:00PM
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