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Tartous, SANA- A variety of archaeological areas in Tartous province have been broken because of the earthquake that struck Syria on February sixth , Tartous Antiquities Division mentioned.
The earthquake brought on the collapse of a part of the western frontend of al-Marqab Historical Fortress in Banias, and a part of the ceiling, the jap wall and another partitions, along with a whole collapse of the drainage canal south of the church, and a partial collapse of the chimney with cracks and shifts within the western facet of the Dongun Tower, in response to major studies by the division.
The earthquake brought on partial collapses and cracks in Aleika Fortress and a shift and collapse of stones of the gate of Fort Suleiman. The collapse of enormous elements of the constructing of al-Mawla Hassan shrine within the al-Qadmous space and partial collapses at Samaryan khans in Tartous and at Umm Hush tower in Safita, along with partial collapses, cracks and the autumn of mud elements of the Khawabi Fortress Mosque, and collapse of elements of the remnants of the partitions of the residential village, the studies identified.
The studies mentioned that new critical cracks have been noticed within the ornamental pillars of Tartous Cathedral, a dilapidated wall and a few cracks in Safita Tower, including that new cracks appeared and collapse of some elements of stones inside and outdoors the Tower.
Director of Tartous Antiquities Division, Eng. Marwan Hassan instructed SANA reporter in an announcement that the division shaped specialised committees to detect the archeological websites and assess the damages attributable to the earthquake.
Eng. Hassan added that the archeological group remains to be engaged on inspecting the archeological websites and buildings within the province to document the damages in particulars.
Hala Zain
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