ASOR Syrian Heritage Initiative (SHI): Planning for Safeguarding Heritage Sites in Syria - Weekly Report 11 (October 20, 2014)

Author(s): Michael D. Danti; Cheikhmous Ali; Kurt W. Prescott

Year: 2014

Summary

Weekly Report 11 encompasses October 9, 2014 to October 19, 2014. Also included are Incident Reports SHI 14-065, SHI 14-066, and SHI 14-051.

This report contains a Heritage Timeline describing events involving the destruction of heritage sites in Syria. Reports of regime conscription and anti-SARG protests in Homs and Tartous suggest growing discontent and eroding support for regime policies and the protracted conflict. Conscription has also been reported in YPG-controlled areas of northern Syria. SARG forces in the Handarin tactical theater are reportedly supplemented by foreign Shi’a fighters from Iran and Afghanistan. Airstrikes on Raqqa have allegedly degraded urban infrastructure, sparking protests over the lack of electricity in the main market and inflation in the prices of basic commodities. Overall, all sides in the conflict seem hard pressed for manpower and resources following the heavy fighting of this summer.

Cite this Record

ASOR Syrian Heritage Initiative (SHI): Planning for Safeguarding Heritage Sites in Syria - Weekly Report 11 (October 20, 2014), 001. Michael D. Danti, Cheikhmous Ali, Kurt W. Prescott. 2014 ( tDAR id: 447803) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8447803

Keywords

Site Name
Khan al-­Shouneh • Madrasa Khusruwiye • Meshta Nour Tal • Qalaat Najm • Tell Beydar • Tell Mohammad • Tell Sha’ir • Yazidi Shrine Mezela Nasridin

Site Type
Communal / Public Structure • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Historic Communal / Public Structure • Historic Structure • Non-Domestic Structures • Settlements • Structure • Town / City

Investigation Types
Heritage Management

General
UNESCO

Geographic Keywords
Aleppo, Syria • Baghdad, Iraq • Bashiqa, Iraq • Iraq • Syria

Spatial Coverage

min long: 35.815; min lat: 29.824 ; max long: 48.12; max lat: 36.794 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Prepared By(s): American Schools of Oriental Research

Record Identifiers

Weekly Report(s): NEA-PSHSS-14-001

Incident Report(s): SHI 14-065; SHI 14-066; SHI 14-051

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