Iraq's national museum in Baghdad was reopened ahead of schedule after a video emerged showing Islamic State militants destroying priceless relics in the country’s second largest city of Mosul. It took museum staff more than a decade to recover a third of some 15,000 items looted in the chaos that ensued following the US-led invasion.
2 Days after ISIS vandalism, PM Abadi reopened newly renovated Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad #IraqRises #Iraq pic.twitter.com/jRoOo4c5Jo
— Iraq Live Update (@IraqLiveUpdate) 1 Март 2015
"The reopening of the Baghdad Museum is a powerful symbol, coming in the wake of the destruction perpetrated in Mosul,” said UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.
UNESCO Director-General welcomes the reopening of the Baghdad Museum http://t.co/L8MD6fejpg
— UNESCO (@UNESCO) 28 февраля 2015
