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Source: The Independent

9-3-15

Isis profits from destruction of antiquities by selling relics to dealers – and then blowing up the buildings they come from to conceal the evidence of looting

A Lebanese-French archaeologist tells Robert Fisk about her unique answer to a unique crime

Source: The Guardian

9-1-15

Isis destruction of Palmyra's Temple of Bel revealed in satellite images

Temple of Bel, the most important site in Palmyra, reduced to rubble as jihadis continue to wreck Syria’s cultural heritage