The 2,000-year-old Jobar Synagogue in the Syrian capital of Damascus was looted and burned to the ground. <jpost>

Islam has many excuses for blowing things up... the desecration of other peoples’ religious artefacts are a fair target for them because they have no respect for anyone else’s beliefs or way of life. The Buddhas of Bamiyan were artefacts of another belief system that offended the Islamists and they annihilated these 6th Century statues. Then they destroyed and desecrated the ancient graves and mausoleums in Timbuktu claiming the shrines and relics are idolatrous. Moderate Muslims ARE yellow bellied cowards and must be reviled by the rest of humanity for sitting on their hands in deafening silence because they cannot bring themselves to condemn such barbarism.
Muhammanoids have no qualms about squealing like stuck pigs when a cartoon of their prophet is published.

The synagogue, one of the oldest in the world, was damaged earlier this month by mortars reportedly fired by Syrian government forces. A video posted online by the Syrian opposition shows extensive damage done to the outside of the synagogue

The Syrian army loyal to President Bashar Assad and rebel forces are blaming each other for the destruction of the historic synagogue, according to reports on Sunday.
The synagogue is said to have been built by Elijah's successor, the prophet Elisha, and repaired during the first century by Eleazar ben Arach.
The government said the rebels burned the synagogue and that so-called Zionist agents stole its historic religious items in an operation that had been planned for several weeks, the Arabic Al-Manar Television reported, citing the Arabic Syria Truth website.
The Jobar synagogue was built atop a cave that, according to tradition, was used by the prophet Elijah to conceal himself from prosecution.

Six World Heritage sites in Syria were damaged by the Syrian civil war from shelling and open fire between regime forces and rebel fighters. The fighting left historic buildings, archaeological sites and residential areas in ruins.