Vindicator

@HennyPenny , this is not a "Temple of Baal" or "symbol of child sacrifice". It's a Triumphal Arch erected by a Roman emperor in the third century AD. It was next to a temple, but it is not the temple. Since you can't edit the inaccurate headline, I will just remove this per Rules 1, 2 and 3.

HennyPenny

https://www.newpalmyra.org/press/

The money they're spending to recreate destroyed "temples" could feed a lot of refugees in on site camps to avoid having the refugees flood England and elsewhere.

carmencita

“Syria’s future depends on the conservation and protection of Syria’s past,” Mr. Johnson said. Calling the Islamic State’s actions in the Middle East “savage” and “nihilistic,” he said that the celebration was “in solidarity with the people of Syria” and in “defiance of the barbarians” who destroyed the original arch.