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Greetings from Palmyra, Syria, with its once-grand hotel named for a warrior queen

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Greetings from Palmyra, Syria, with its once-grand hotel named for a warrior queen

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Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world.See the Story

Historical Artifact Smuggling Surges After Syrian State Collapse

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Historical Artifact Smuggling Surges After Syrian State Collapse

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Grave sites in ancient cities such as Palmyra are reportedly being looted, with archaeological layers destroyed in the process. An activist from the civil society organization Heritage for Peace stated that grave robbers are causing irreversible damage to archaeological research. According to studies conducted by the Antiquities Trafficking and Heritage Anthropology Research Project (ATHAR), about one-third of the 1,500 documented cases since 20…See the Story

In Syria’s Desert, Palmyra Fights for Its Life

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In Syria’s Desert, Palmyra Fights for Its Life

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A faint silhouette in the golden haze of the Badiya, Syria’s central desert, Palmyra emerges, her beauty barely visible through the sandstorm that blurs the horizon. It is only when one draws near that the battered remains of the city begin to materialize. First, the lonely Qalat ibn Maan fortress, standing vigil over a ravaged plain, then the crumbling colonnades of the ancient city and the sun-scorched buildings of a modern town, emptied of it…Read Article

ARTnews: Looted Antiquities from Syria Are Being Sold on Facebook Marketplace | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

ARTnews: Looted Antiquities from Syria Are Being Sold on Facebook Marketplace. “Facebook Marketplace is typically used as a hub for thrifters to discover hidden gems that are now up for resale. But in Syria, some Facebook Marketplace users may find some unexpected items alongside old furniture and knickknacks: artifacts that may have been looted. Thieves are reportedly robbing graves that are more than 2,000 years old in Palmyra, among other cit…Facebook · Palmyra Read Article

In Syria, in the ancient ruins of Palmyra, an oasis in agony

The oasis bordering the ancient site of Palmyra was decimated by the Assad regime and its allies. An economic and environmental powerhouse in the heart of the Syrian desert, its revival is essential to the inhabitants. You are reading the series "Syria: The Ecological Challenges of the Post-Assad Era." Palmyra (Syria), report "In this field, there were 300 olive trees. They're all gone," explains Mohamed, pointing to a field now devoid of veget…Palmyra, Syria · Palmyra Read Article

Water shaped world's first cities—and continues to define Middle East - Türkiye Today

Water has been present on Earth since the dawn of natural history and has been vital to humanity since its very beginning. Like all living beings, humans have always been dependent on water, not only for survival but also as a foundation of their earliest settlements. Across the globe, communities formed and flourished around sources of water. It was water that made sedentary life possible, and it was water that determined whether early communit…Palmyra, Syria · Palmyra Read Article

It survived for 2,000 years, but Syria’s war battered Palmyra

The towering stone columns of the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria rise majestically from the desert sands, lining the main avenue that once connected its temples, markets and amphitheater.Palmyra, Syria · Palmyra See the Story

In the ancient site of Palmyra, the effects of modern-day warfare

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The Roman city is one of Syria's most important archaeological sites assessing the damage after the fall of the regime.Politics · Palmyra See the Story

Syria hopes tourists will return to Palmyra, a World Heritage Site ravaged by war

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This ancient city, once one of the most important stops on the Silk Road, bears the scars of ISIS attacks and more than a decade of Syria’s civil war. It also carries Syrian hopes of reviving the country’s rich archaeological legacy.Palmyra is a UNESCO World Heritage Site — inhabited for thousands of years before it became a thriving Roman city on the crossroads between East and West in the 1st century CE.The ancient site is largely deserted now…Civil War · Palmyra See the Story

Struggle for Syrian phosphate awaits fate of Russian contract - Enab Baladi

Enab Baladi – Omar Alaa Eldin The Ministry of Oil in the interim Damascus government repeatedly announces tenders for investment in the phosphate sector, which represents a Syrian wealth estimated at reserves of 1.8 billion tons according to most estimates. On February 12, the Syrian Ministry of Oil announced an auction to sell 175,000 tons of wet phosphate from the phosphate mines in Palmyra. Many countries show interest in Syrian phosphate, wh…Middle East · Palmyra Read Article

War Monitor Says Israel Strikes Military Airport Near Syria's Palmyra

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Israeli air strikes on Friday targeted the military airport near Palmyra in central Syria, a war monitor said, reporting the latest Israeli attack in the country since the fall of Bashar al-Assad. "Israeli warplanes targeted the Palmyra military airport," the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Since Islamist-led rebels overthrew Assad in December, Israel has launched hundreds of strikes on military sites in Syria, saying it …Bashar Al-Assad · Palmyra See the Story

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