UNESCO Chief Slams 'Barbaric' Destruction of Iraq Heritage
UNESCO chief Irina Bokova on Sunday slammed the "barbaric" destruction of Iraq's cultural heritage, as jihadists from the Islamic State group destroy age-old sites in areas they control.
Iraq has "thousands of temples, of buildings, of archaeological sites, of objects, that represent a treasure for (all) humanity," Bokova said during a visit to Baghdad.
"We cannot agree that this treasure, that this legacy of human civilization, is being destroyed in the most barbaric matter," she said.
Source: Agence France Presse
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