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Why Syria’s cultural heritage continues to face a looming threat

  • Archaeological sites across war-devasted country increasingly vulnerable to looting and vandalism
  • Economic desperation and lawlessness take hold from the ruins of Palmyra to remote coastal regions
By ANAN TELLO ·

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