ASOR Syrian Heritage Initiative (SHI): Planning for Safeguarding Heritage Sites in Syria - Weekly Report 1 (August 11, 2014)

Weekly Report 1 encompasses July 20, 2014 to August 10, 2014. Also included are Incident Reports SHI 14-001, SHI 14-002, SHI 14-003, SHI 14-004, SHI 14-005, and SHI 14-006. This report contains a Heritage Timeline describing events involving the destruction of heritage sites in Syria. During the reporting period, Islamic State (IS formerly ISIS or ISIL) made substantial territorial gains in northern Syria and northern Iraq and continued to exert pressure on Baghdad and the Aleppo-­Damascus corridor. Islamic State activities in the Tigris watershed sparked a humanitarian crisis as thousands of members of religious minorities fled into the mountains or to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.本周报（编号1）涵盖2014年7月20日至2014年8月10日的相关内容。另附事件报告SHI 14-001、SHI 14-002、SHI 14-003、SHI 14-004、SHI 14-005及SHI 14-006。 本报告包含一份记录叙利亚文化遗产遭破坏相关事件的历史时间线。报告期内，伊斯兰国（Islamic State，原称ISIS或ISIL）在叙利亚北部与伊拉克北部取得大规模领土扩张，并持续向巴格达以及阿勒颇-大马士革走廊施加军事压力。伊斯兰国在底格里斯河流域的行动引发了人道主义危机，数千名宗教少数派成员被迫逃往山区或伊拉克库尔德斯坦地区。