Qaeda Terrorists Blasted Khalifa Harun al-Rashid Statue in Raqqa

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