Destruction of cultural and religious heritage in Middle East

In the past few months, Islamic State group has begun targeting the religious and cultural history of Iraq and Syria. The group has destroyed religious archeological sites including Hatra, Niniveh and Nimrud.

Many questions arise from this. Such as Where or who are the stolen artefacts being sold to? Why are ISIS destroying these sites and With the middle East being so rich in history, why are only Syria and Iraq being targeted?

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http://www.bisi.ac.uk/ - The British Institute for the Study of Iraq is a UK charity. They fund and carry out research and public education on Iraq and neighbouring countries. BISI’s academic coverage includes anthropology, archaeology, history, geography, language and other fields in the arts, humanities and social sciences, from the earliest times until the present.