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Cameras Capture Extent of Destruction in Palmyra, Syria
Source: ABC News
Cameras Capture Extent of Destruction in Palmyra, Syria
By PATRICK CLARKE
Mar 28, 2016, 12:18 PM ET
After 10 months of terror at the hands of ISIS, Syrian troops have recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra.
Cameras document the destruction of priceless relics and statues in the town's museum.
"I'm devastated," Dr. Amr Al-Azm, a former director of scientific and conservation laboratories at the general department of antiquities and museums in Syria, tells ABC News. "When [ISIS] destroyed those monuments, they destroyed the most important, most iconic buildings in Palmyra and that represents a tragic loss."
Officials are expected to start documenting the losses once bomb squads are finished removing mines and bombs planted by ISIS.
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By PATRICK CLARKE
Mar 28, 2016, 12:18 PM ET
After 10 months of terror at the hands of ISIS, Syrian troops have recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra.
Cameras document the destruction of priceless relics and statues in the town's museum.
"I'm devastated," Dr. Amr Al-Azm, a former director of scientific and conservation laboratories at the general department of antiquities and museums in Syria, tells ABC News. "When [ISIS] destroyed those monuments, they destroyed the most important, most iconic buildings in Palmyra and that represents a tragic loss."
Officials are expected to start documenting the losses once bomb squads are finished removing mines and bombs planted by ISIS.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/cameras-capture-extent-destruction-ancient-syrian-town-palmyra/story?id=37975016
