What IS is doing: The Iraqi Cultural Center, a nonprofit institution that works as the Washington D.C., arm of the Iraqi Ministry of Culture, has been regularly posting news of the Islamic State group's destruction of archaeological sites, cultural centers and various collections of literature and art. From the medieval citadel at Tal Afar to the central museum in Mosul, areas where IS fighters have usurped local authorities and become places where relics are at constant risk of being purged.
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