ISIS Threatens UNESCO Site in Libya

ISIS fighters stormed the Libyan town of Sabratha near Tripoli in pickup trucks, potentially threatening a UNESCO World Heritage Site of 3rd century Roman ruins. “Sabratha is in the top 5 percent of archaeological sites in the world. As with Palmyra, it is a Greco-Roman site, which Islamic State has a particular view on: representation of human form in sculpture and artworks, representatives of idols,” said British archaeology professor David Mattingly. “Things they prefer to destroy.”