ASOR Syrian Heritage Initiative (SHI): Planning for Safeguarding Heritage Sites in Syria - Weekly Report 3 (August 25, 2014)

Author(s): Michael D. Danti

Year: 2014

Summary

Weekly Report 3 encompasses August 17, 2014 and August 19, 2014. Also included are Incident Reports SHI 14-019, SHI 14-020 and SHI 14-021.

This report contains a Heritage Timeline describing events involving the destruction of heritage sites in Syria. From August 19–24, IS (ISIS or Islamic State) launched four major attacks on the SARG-­‐controlled airfield at Tabqa, the last remaining regime outpost in Raqqa Governate and a substantial military facility. On August 24, the base fell to IS. This victory facilitates IS access to routes south and west leading to Aleppo, Palmyra/Tadmor, Hama, and Homs. IS continues to consolidate its western front line along the northern portion of the Damascus-­‐Aleppo corridor and now threatens to capture eastern Homs Governate and secure its hold on gas and oil resources in the eastern desert still under SARG control.

Cite this Record

ASOR Syrian Heritage Initiative (SHI): Planning for Safeguarding Heritage Sites in Syria - Weekly Report 3 (August 25, 2014), 001. Michael D. Danti. 2014 ( tDAR id: 447800) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8447800

Keywords

Site Name
Qalb Lozeh Basilica

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

Investigation Types
Heritage Management

General
UNESCO

Geographic Keywords
Aleppo, Syria • Hama, Syria • Hama Airbase • Hasakah • Homs Governate • Jazaa • Palmyra • Raqqa, Syria • Syria • Tabqa, Syria • Tabqa Airbase • Yaroubiyah

Temporal Keywords
Ayyubid Period • Byzantine

Spatial Coverage

min long: 38.496; min lat: 35.82 ; max long: 38.628; max lat: 35.906 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Prepared By(s): American Schools of Oriental Research

Record Identifiers

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

Incident Report(s): SHI 14-­019; SHI 14-020; SHI 14-021

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