Damascus-Sana
Archaeological sites and hills in northeastern Syria, especially in the areas of Qamishli and Tel Abyad, are subjected to great destruction due to the Turkish aggression on Syrian territory, where a group of the most important Syrian archaeological hills dating back thousands of years came from which the most important archaeological discoveries during the past decades.
Director General of Antiquities and Museums Dr. Mahmoud Hammoud said in a statement to SANA today that the destruction caused by the Turkish aggression included many archaeological sites, including the hills and Fakhriyah hills in the area of Ras al-Ain and Tel al-Sad al-Abyad, which dates back to the Neolithic period sixth, fifth and fourth BC. Successive civilizations as revealed by dozens of foreign archaeological missions during their work in Syria.
The Director-General of Antiquities appealed to the international community and international organizations concerned with cultural affairs, especially the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), academics and archaeologists in the world to urge governments to exert the necessary pressure to stop this aggression targeting the Syrian cultural heritage, especially since this system was established during its aggression Northern Syria should attack the archaeological sites in Afrin and northern Aleppo with heavy machinery and loot their contents.
Hamoud explained that the area that the Turkish aggression seeks to occupy contains more than three thousand hill archaeological thousand of which are registered on the list of Syrian national heritage and are all ancient cities dating back thousands of years and constitute an important part of the history of the region.
The Director of Antiquities stressed that what the Turkish regime is doing constitutes a war crime against humanity and its physical heritage in Syria, blaming the government of this regime for the legal and moral responsibility of these acts, calling on the owner of every living conscience in the world to do his duty to protect Syrian archaeological sites and stop the unjust and barbaric aggression against them, which indicates the targeting Systematic for this heritage.
Shatha Hammoud