Ghassan Salamé

minister of Culture

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We are setting an example in the strict implementation of the 1970 international convention concerning the prevention of the illicit trafficking of cultural property,
After investigating the identity and ownership of these items, it was determined that they belonged to Egypt,
There is something systematic: a systematic destruction of villages, hamlets, and entire towns,
There are villages ⁠that have been completely bulldozed,
Bombings fell very close to the ruins of Tyre,
Bombings fell very close to the ruins of Tyre,
  • Salame told AFP, referring to the ancient Phoenician city acknowledged by UNESCO as a World Heritage site in 1984, also mentioning the medieval Beaufort castle being directly hit
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