Satellite images of Ain Dara in northwestern Syria, Satellite images of Ain Dara in northwestern Syria. (IMAGE)

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Satellite images of Ain Dara in northwestern Syria, Satellite images of Ain Dara in northwestern Syria.

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Satellite images of Ain Dara in northwestern Syria, shows changes to the site from looting: July 2014 when it was mainly undamaged, April 2016 after a military compound had been built on the southeastern part of the site, February 2019 showing bulldozed scars in the high and low mounds (bottom left image), and January 2022 illustrating that the entire area outside the compound had been bulldozed with the exception of the stone-built temple complex.

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