Shells hit Daraa museum

Armed groups fired Wednesday several mortar shells on the national Daraa museum, causing damage to it, according to the DGAM.

The Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums clarified that the mortar attack caused damage to the walls of the museum’s halls, including the Islamic eras hall.

It confirmed that the museum’s exhibits were not damaged because they were in a safe place.

On December 22, social media posted photos of damage at the Roman theater in Bosra ancient city located in the same province [Daraa] due to the clashes in the area.

The photos show the damage at the hall located West of the theatre platform and the Western curtain walls of the citadel . 

The Roman theater, which was built in the second century AD and was fortified between 481 and 1251 AD, represents a unique architectural achievement. It is among the largest of the Ancient Roman civilization and also one of the best preserved.

In 1980, the Ancient city of Bosra was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list.

Terrorists affiliated to the al-Nusra Front, the so-called the ‘Fallojet Horan’ brigade and to other Takfiri organizations spread in several quarters of the city and in al-Naemeh and al-Yadodeh towns in the countryside of the province [Daraa], according to the official news agency (SANA).

The agency asserted that the terrorists in Daraa province, which lies south of Syria, are linked to the Israeli enemy and Al-Saud regime and they repeatedly fire mortar shells on Daraa city.  

Since 2011, Syria is facing a terror war targeting its army, people, civilization and infrastructures.

Basma Qaddour