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arwa damon reporting live from baghdad. thank you very much for that. let s talk more about this city of palmyra, why it is so important, not only right now, but historically. it is the isis crosshairs. what you re looking at are irreplaceable ancient ruins, considered one of the most valuable heritage listed sites in the world. the isis presence here a daunting prospect for historians. consider what we have watched isis do in the past. they ve taken sledge hammers and dynamite to anything that group deems to be a false idol. let s bring in the president of the world monument funds. thank you for being here bonnie. let s begin with what arwa just mentioned. that is the historical significance of this entire city to the history of the world. it s an incredible apparition. it s a city in an oasis. it stands completely alone in the desert by itself. it was always a great crossroads of civilization built up to be a really major city in the first
buying them? well palmyra has already been a hot spot for this kind of thing ever since the beginning of this conflict in syria. the national antiquity services in syria has been very well supported by the regime and those people have been doing everything they can to prevent looting. they ve been able to recover a lot of antiquities. but with more and more of this disruption gangs of antiquities thieves have formed and they have the capacity to get this stuff out of the region. it goes away from the sites, it goes into other places. where does it go? well we don t know where it s going because it s not really turning up. it s not turning up very much in america. everybody s on alert. and they re actually trying to pass laws that prevent this material from coming into the united states as they did with iraq about ten years ago. but it s probably being warehoused somewhere for a time
now they re doing the same across syria and iraq. president obama still seems confident in his effort to fight isis. he tells the atlantic, quote, i don t think we are losing referring to losing against isis. joining me now to talk about it arwa damon, cnn s senior international correspondent. can we talk about the significance of the seizure of palmyra, with the big headline being 50% of syria has been taken over by isis. why is this city so critical? reporter: it s critical on a number of levels. if we re going to speak in pure military terms, it does allow isis for quicker, easier access another route straight towards the capital damascus. in terms of the historical significance you were referencing, it would be absolutely devastating to all if isis were to destroy the ancient historic sites of palmyra, similar to what it did to a number of sites it took over here in iraq.
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