UNSC equated to attacks by Islamists destruction of cultural property – Kommersant

                             
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UN Security Council condemned the destruction of the group “Islamic State” (IG) of monuments and objects of historical, cultural and religious values, placing these actions in a number of terrorist acts. This is stated in the adopted on February 27 evening statement, council members, reports Tass. “The members of the UN Security Council strongly condemned the continued barbaric acts of terrorism in Iraq, the IG committed, including the seizure of 100 representatives of the Sunni tribe near the town of Tikrit on February 25, burning 45 Iraqis in Al-Baghdadi February 17 daily attacks on civilians in Baghdad and and purposeful destruction of irreplaceable objects of religious and cultural values ​​in the museum Mosul and burning of thousands of books and rare manuscripts from the library of Mosul, “- said in a statement.