Nineveh Plain (Geographic Keyword)
1-3 (3 Records)
Weekly Report 1 encompasses July 20, 2014 to August 10, 2014. Also included are Incident Reports SHI 14-001, SHI 14-002, SHI 14-003, SHI 14-004, SHI 14-005, and SHI 14-006. This report contains a Heritage Timeline describing events involving the destruction of heritage sites in Syria. During the reporting period, Islamic State (IS formerly ISIS or ISIL) made substantial territorial gains in northern Syria and northern Iraq and continued to exert pressure on Baghdad and the Aleppo-Damascus...
ASOR Syrian Heritage Initiative (SHI): Planning for Safeguarding Heritage Sites in Syria - Weekly Report 2 (August 18, 2014) (2014)
Weekly Report 2 encompasses August 10, 2014 to August 16, 2014. Also included are Incident Reports SHI 14-004, SHI 14-006, SHI 14-016, SHI 14-017, and SHI 14-018. This report contains a Heritage Timeline describing events involving the destruction of heritage sites in Syria. Generally, current military operations and terrorist activity revolves around control of border crossings with Turkey, Lebanon, and western Iraq and command of the Damascus-‐Aleppo (M5) and Aleppo-‐Raqqa (M15/M4)...
ASOR Syrian Heritage Initiative (SHI): Planning for Safeguarding Heritage Sites in Syria, Weekly Reports
The ASOR Cultural Heritage Initiatives (CHI) is an international, collaborative effort to respond to the destruction of cultural heritage in Syria and northern Iraq. Since its inception in July 2014, one of ASOR CHI’s main activities has been intensive monitoring, reporting, and fact-finding (MRF) to help address the challenges of the cultural heritage crises unfolding in Syria and northern Iraq. The resources found here are part of the ASOR CHI’s Weekly Report Series.