Art
This Coat for Syrian Refugees Can Also Serve as a Sleeping Bag or Tent
To aid the displaced, a group of 10 students at London's Royal College of Art have designed what they call the Syrian Refugee Wearable Shelter.
Syria
News
Study Finds ISIS Militants Aren’t the Only Ones Looting Syrian Archaeological Sites
ISIS’s systematic looting in Syria has captured the world’s attention, but a new study shows they’re not the only ones selling off the country’s cultural heritage.
News
Cartoonist Pronounced Dead, Believed Murdered by Syrian Regime
According to Souriatnapress, Akram Raslan died in the spring of 2013 while in the custody of the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
In Brief
ISIS Destroys Palmyra's 1,800-Year-Old Arch of Triumph
ISIS has destroyed the towering Arch of Triumph that stood for 1,800 years in the ancient city of Palmyra, the latest in the militant group's series of attacks that threatens to completely obliterate the World Heritage Site.
News
Getty Research Institute Acquires 150-Year-Old Photographs of Palmyra and Beirut
With ISIS targeting and destroying ancient cultural sites in Syria and Iraq, reducing some to just rubble, it may be that views of these historic structures will survive only in photographs.
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In Brief
ISIS Sets Off Explosion in "Most Important Temple in Syria" [UPDATED]
ISIS has once again struck a historic temple in Palymra, although the structure is "still standing," according to the BBC.
News
ISIS Bulldozes and Blows Up Two More Ancient Sites in Syria
Attacks on ancient cultural sites by ISIS in retaliation for what the terrorist group considers idolatry continue with the recent destruction of two ancient religious buildings in Syria.
News
ISIS Murders Former Chief of Antiquities in Palmyra
Khaled al-Asaad, who served as the director general of the Palmyra Directorate of Antiquities and Museums from 1963 to 2003, was beheaded Tuesday by ISIS fighters in the ancient city.
Art
Open Source Software to Catalogue Cultural Heritage Before a Crisis
Cultural heritage management tends to suffer from limited funding and resources, which can make a crisis — whether natural disaster, pipeline construction, or war — that much more catastrophic for assessing what's in need of protection.
News
Ancient City of Palmyra Threatened as ISIS Nears Outskirts
With news agencies today reporting that ISIS is just outside of Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, one of the world's most important archaeological sites is at risk of destruction.
News
Syrian President Seeks Investors to Rebuild Aleppo's Bombed-Out Old City
A group of archaeologists and urban planning experts in Germany say that President Bashar al-Assad is already seeing dollar signs in the ruins of his country's cities.
Art
An Artist Considers the Trauma of His Two Homelands
LONDON — “Nagorno” is a Russian word for “mountain,” while “Karabakh” is a word of Turkic and Persian origin meaning “black garden.” When joined by a hyphen, the two words denote the boiling point of the Caucasus: Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed enclave — one of post-Soviet Europe’s “frozen conflicts”