ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of the destruction of cultural heritage in Syria from the beginning of the hostilities in mid-March 2011 until 2021. The destruction is examined according to three different phases of the conflict: phase 1 – heritage destruction pre-IS (March 2011–May 2014); phase 2 – heritage destruction under IS (June 2014–March 2017); and phase 3 – heritage destruction post-IS (April 2017–April 2021). Each phase examines the destruction of cultural heritage with a particular emphasis on sites and monuments that have been in the news in the past decade, such as the Ancient City of Aleppo, the Site of Palmyra, and archaeological sites in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
