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2020-04-16 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Video Of Terrorists In Idlib Destroying The Ancient Church Of Saint Simeon Stylites

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Posted by Fred 2020-04-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top
File under: al-Nusra

#1 PorKoranimals. What a surprise.

ancient church of saint Simeon stylites

Posted by Woodrow 2020-04-16 08:57|| 2020-04-16 08:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Nothing says "religion' more than destroying someone else's place of worship.

Posted by Bobby 2020-04-16 11:25|| 2020-04-16 11:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like every regional asshole has had a hand in the destruction:
The structure has been under threat from both the Syrian and Turkish governments through their conflict on the link contested by the two governments through the Bab Al-Hawa border crossing. On 28 May 2015, the church was captured by the Kurdish YPG/YPJ but was subsequently lost to factions opposing the Assad government. In May 2016 the Russian Air Force attacked the church, destroying the remains of the pillar of St Simeon and damaging the rest of the ruins.[1][12] By 8 February 2020, the hilltop near the site was occupied by the Turkish Land Forces.[1]

Posted by Frank G 2020-04-16 11:41|| 2020-04-16 11:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Savages. Of all their atrocities the destruction of our heritage is the most barbarous.

From wiki:
On June 2011, the Church and surrounding village were designated by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as part of the "Ancient Villages of Northern Syria", a World Heritage site.[11] There is much value attached to the building because of its representation of great sacrifice for a holy course as manifested by Saint Simeon.

Posted by Lex 2020-04-16 11:46|| 2020-04-16 11:46|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ thereby pointing out the value of the UN

Posted by Snakes Whinese1642 2020-04-16 15:28|| 2020-04-16 15:28|| Front Page Top

#6 The destruction of the huge Buddhist statues in Afghanistan was the first I started paying attention to the Taliban. Until then they were just one out of many potential fundamentalist/Islamist/etc players over there whether in charge or not. But when they blew up those ancient, massive, impressive and irreplaceable statues, it struck a different chord of disgust.

Also, typical UN - when something is designated a World Heritage site, the UN provides little to no assistance, financial or otherwise. It is up to the home country to deal with the increased world interest generate by the designation. Designation has contributed ironically in the degradation of some of the sites so named.

Posted by York Harding 2020-04-16 19:28|| 2020-04-16 19:28|| Front Page Top

#7 UNESCO: "Lookee here: A THING OF BEAUTY!"
Barbarians [channeling their anti-Keats]: "... Destroy it forever!"

Posted by Lex 2020-04-16 19:44|| 2020-04-16 19:44|| Front Page Top

#8 in Arabic, usually

Posted by Frank G 2020-04-16 20:21|| 2020-04-16 20:21|| Front Page Top

#9 I think Tit for Tats or burn out Rats would apply here. So would they get upset if all the Muslim Holy Sites got flattened with a lot of collateral damage ? ?

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