Prije pet godina, ISIS je na javnom trgu Tadmura (nekadašnje Palmire) stravično pogubio sirijskog arheologa Khaleda al – Asaada (1932.-2015.).
Khaled Al – Asaad je nakon ulaska ISIS-ovih snaga u Tadmur u svibnju 2015. pomogao evakuirati gradski muzej te sakriti velik broj antičkih artefakata. Nakon dugotrajnog mučenja s ciljem da se otkrije gdje su artefakti skriveni, džihadisti su 18. kolovoza 2015. brutalno pogubili Khaleda al-Asaada, javno ga izložili na nekoliko mjesta u gradu i objavili slike njegovog pogubljenog tijela.
Osim što su ga optužili za otpadništvo, Al-Asaad je bio kriv zbog sudjelovanja na “nevjerničkim konferencijama” te zbog toga što je bio “direktor idolopoklonstva” odnosno čak 40 godina ravnatelj na lokalitetu Palmira. Al Asaad se umirovio 2003. godine, a na njegovom mjestu zamijenio ga je sin Walid, također zarobljen 2015. godine.
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