Syria
Syriaarchive
The plight of Syria’s artists as the conflict enters its fifth year
Artists carry on, even on the front line, but exiles face an increasingly precarious situation
War & Conflictarchive
MP Robert Jenrick leads campaign to stop Islamic State funding terror through trafficking
UK and US collaborate to cut off one of group’s top revenue streams
Islamic Statearchive
Director of V&A proposes network of museums to stop terrorists looting objects in Syria and trafficking them for sale in the West
V&A fights back against Islamic State
Cultural heritagearchive
Iconoclasm reborn with Islamic State fanaticism: The destruction of cultural heritage as propaganda
The extent of the destruction is uncertain in the fog of war
Newsarchive
Syrian war’s devastating toll on antiquities
Unesco places major national heritage sites on danger list as ground combat, air strikes and looting reduce ancient settlements to rubble
Antiquities & Archaeologyarchive
Excavating a new temple of Solomon despite the war
Dig continues at Ain Dara to uncover a temple almost identical to that described in the Bible