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TRIPOLI, Oct 9, 2023 (AFP) – Experts from the United Nations cultural agency on Monday arrived in Libya to inspect ancient sites hit by last month’s flooding that devastated parts of the country’s east. Extreme rainfall from hurricane-strength Storm Daniel hit eastern Libya on September 10, flooding the city of Derna and other neighbouring towns and regions. UNESCO experts are expected to visit Cyrene, a World Heritage Site that is threatened with collapse after the […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia’s military on Monday released drone footage showing more destruction of treasured monuments by the Islamic State in Syria’s Palmyra since jihadists recaptured the UNESCO World Heritage Site late last year. The black-and-white video dated February 5 shows part of the Roman amphitheater reduced to rubble and the tetrapylon, a 16-columned structure that marked one end of the ancient city’s colonnade, wiped out. “The pictures clearly show that the terrorists blew […]
