Destructions in the Syrian Civil War

[M. Demetrius]

Not just Turkey, Evan. Some nations' governments are pressing the notion that anything pre-7th Century AD sites have no value, and should be destroyed or retasked as modern functions like museums, mosques, or whatever else. Something about idolatry-removal. Makes no sense to me.

In any kind of war, however, the safety and preservation of some historical relic always is much lower than the safety and preservation of the troops in the field, and there's just not much chance of changing that.