The Jihadist group / ISIS is continuously destroying world heritage and ancient monuments in the countries and areas, where they have got a hold. The world renowned Budhist statues of Afghanistan were destroyed a few years back. Now it is another world heritage at Palmyro, an ancient city in Syria.

The The Baal Shamin Shrine /Temple, the second most important world heritage monument in Palmyra, has been destroyed by using large quantity of explosives. The jihadists were destroying such monuments in Syria after their take over of certain parts of the country since May 21, 2015. It seems that all the earlier civilisations and heritages are taboo to these jihadists.

UNESCO President in a statement has stated that ” This destruction is a war crime and an immense loss for the Syrian people and the humanity”.