This follows on the heels of the shelling of the city of Apamea in Syria.
UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES
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Some of the most brazen destruction has occurred at the Roman city of Apamea, about 40 miles northwest of Hama.
WSJ: Saving Syria | by Christian C. Sahner
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Plunderers have profited from the chaos, arriving in Apamea with heavy digging equipment and absconding with priceless Roman mosaics and column capitals.