UNESCO calls Islamic State attack on Palmyra ruins a war crime

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United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO, has called an Islamic
State-led attack on ancient sites in Syria's Palmyra, a war crime.

UNESCO also reported that mass executions were taking place in the
ancient ruins by violent extremists in an act of human and cultural
cleansing.

UN correspondent Laura Cantekin reports.

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