The unbelievable damage Islamic State has done to ancient sites in Iraq and Syria

As the Islamic State continues to on its path to create a "caliphate," killings thousands in its path, the group also continues another campaign: the destruction of historic sites. The militant group has destroyed numerous sites that have high historic and cultural value. And the destruction is never a coincidence-- as my colleague Ishaan Tharoor writes: The […]









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