BEIRUT,(ST)_ After blasting the statue of Abu Tammam in Daraa and beheading the statue of Abu Ala in Idlib , terrorists , of the so called the ” Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ” , affiliated to al-Qaeda destroyed the statue of the Abbasid Khalifa Harun al-Rashid garden in al-Raqqa in addition to burning of statues and crosses in two churches adjacent to the garden, a matter which provoked a wave of anger among Raqqa people.
In July, terrorists of al-Qaeda affiliated ” al-Nusra Front ” blew up the Statue of the great Abbasid poet Abu Tammam Tai in Jassim in rural Daraa , which was erected in 1982 to commemorate his memory .
Terrorists also committed more crimes against Syria ‘s culture and heritage . .In February, terrorists of “al-Nusra Front ” beheaded the statue of poet Abu Alaa Maari in his native city of Maarat Numan in Idlib province and also exhumed the tomb of prophet companion
(Sahaabi )Hajar bin Odai in Adra of Rural Damascus .
The assault on religious, cultural, scientific and historical symbols by armed terrorist groups constitutes an evidence of backwardness and hatred of its financiers and backers against human culture as long as terrorists attacks targeted many mosques and churches in a number of cities and provinces , with many of them enjoying significant religious, historical, archaeological value .
These criminal attacks included the bombing of the minaret of the great Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo ,the attack on Khalid bin Walid Mosque in Homs , destroying parts of Um al-Zinnar in Homs and several other churches.
Among the assaulted sites by terrorist groups in Daraa are al- Omari Mosque , al-Hrak archeological Mosque Izraa, the old mosque in Sheikh Meskin town and the old mosque in Mhaje town.
T. Fateh