ASOR Syrian Heritage Initiative (SHI): Planning for Safeguarding Heritage Sites in Syria - Weekly Report 11 (October 20, 2014)

Weekly Report 11 encompasses October 9, 2014 to October 19, 2014. Also included are Incident Reports SHI 14-065, SHI 14-066, and SHI 14-051.

This report contains a Heritage Timeline describing events involving the destruction of heritage sites in Syria. Reports of regime conscription and anti-SARG protests in Homs and Tartous suggest growing discontent and eroding support for regime policies and the protracted conflict. Conscription has also been reported in YPG-controlled areas of northern Syria. SARG forces in the Handarin tactical theater are reportedly supplemented by foreign Shi’a fighters from Iran and Afghanistan. Airstrikes on Raqqa have allegedly degraded urban infrastructure, sparking protests over the lack of electricity in the main market and inflation in the prices of basic commodities. Overall, all sides in the conflict seem hard pressed for manpower and resources following the heavy fighting of this summer.

第11期周报涵盖2014年10月9日至2014年10月19日的时段。本期同时收录了编号为SHI 14-065、SHI 14-066及SHI 14-051的事件报告。本报告包含一份叙利亚文化遗产损毁事件时间线，梳理了该国境内文化遗产遗址遭破坏的相关事件。有报告显示，叙利亚阿拉伯共和国政府（SARG）在霍姆斯（Homs）与塔尔图斯（Tartous）实施征兵，且当地爆发反政府抗议活动，这反映出民众不满情绪持续升温，对政府政策及长期冲突的支持率不断下滑。叙利亚北部由人民保护部队（YPG）控制的区域也有征兵活动的相关报道。据称，部署在汉达林（Handarin）战术战区的叙利亚阿拉伯共和国政府部队得到了来自伊朗与阿富汗的外籍什叶派武装人员的补充。针对拉卡（Raqqa）的空袭据称破坏了城市基础设施，引发民众针对主市场供电不足及基础商品价格上涨的抗议活动。总体而言，经历今夏的激烈交战后，冲突各方均面临人力与资源匮乏的困境。