After slow start, country’s prime minister says reconstruction of other key heritage sites is also due to begin

University presidents and faculty from around 20 nations are due to participate

Anyone with a Facebook profile should consider the images of destruction they share on social media

Culture ministry has pledged €300m to safeguard museums and monuments including the Colosseum, Uffizi and Pompeii

Louis-François Cassas documented many of the ancient Syrian city’s buildings, including the Temple of Bel that Isil destroyed last year

Early reports indicate that ancient sites that survived the terrorist group’s destruction are in “good condition”

Belgian-born, Mexico City-based artist was on research trip to the region with the Ruya Foundation

The photographic exhibition includes images of cancer cells, toxic mushrooms and the ruins of one artist’s home, where his mother died in the tsunami

The Russian institution’s collection of Palmyra artefacts could be used to reconstruct the ancient Syrian city<br>

Experts at London symposium warn against misinformation and lack of evidence

Former teacher Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi is accused of alleged war crimes for ordering the razing of mausoleums in Timbuktu

Issa Touma vows to return to Aleppo amid the fighting

Team will also provide training for local restorers

Museum in Taiz latest casualty of conflict in which more than 40 sites caught in the crossfire of Saudi-led bombing campaign and fundamentalist attacks

Move could allow cultural heritage experts to set up Blue Shield headquarters in London

The destruction, which went unreported for 16 months, raises fears that other sites have been attacked

Historic furnishings damaged and around a dozen objects missing or destroyed

Suspected terrorist explosion kills ten in historic Sultanahmet

Opening of Stephane Custot’s gallery in the emirate has been delayed

Project on free speech launches on the first anniversary of terrorist attacks at Paris satirical magazine

Louvre director’s plan calls for co-ordinated response to destruction in Syria and Iraq

<p> Artefacts have been moved off-site after 50 centimetres of water swamps the basement museum </p>

Five men have been sentenced under Law52, the anti-drugs legislation enforced by the country’s former president

Pro-Isil fighters temporarily occupied Sabratha

Refugee Response Foundation, founded by artist duo The Connor Brothers, is also due to help with legal and living costs

Art world divided over best response in weekend after 13 November terrorist atrocities

Also Known as Africa postponed to 2016 amid heightened security and a bleak economic outlook

Exhibition co-organised by Germano Celant signals Iran’s soft power offensive