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      <title>Director-General Irina Bokova deplores the loss of two leading scholars of Syrian antiquity</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Syrian cultural heritage community suffered two immense blows within one week with the murder of archaeologist Khaled Assad in Palmyra and the killing of the Assistant Director of laboratories at the Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums Qasem Abdullah Yehiya.
&quot;I am both saddened and outraged to learn of the brutal murder of Khaled Asaad, who oversaw antiquities at the UNESCO World Heritage site at Palmyra,” UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova said today. &quot;In no uncertain  ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2015 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>Director-General Irina Bokova condemns the destruction of the Mar Elian monastery in Syria</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Director-General of UNESCO strongly condemns the destruction of the Mar Elian monastery located in the Syrian town of al-Qaryatayn. The monastery is a major pilgrimage site for Syria&apos;s Christian community, with yearly festivities in honor of Saint Elian drawing thousands of visitors.
&quot;The intentional targeting and systematic destruction of the cultural heritage of Syria is reaching unprecedented levels”, said the Director-General. &quot;The destruction of the Mar Elian monastery is a tragic  ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2015 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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