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Organisations involved in cultural heritage protection

AAAS
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Geospatial Technologies and Human Rights Project

Aga Khan Trust for Culture

APSA
Association for the Protection of Syrian Archaeology

Arab Image Foundation

ASOR
The American Schools of Oriental Research

Blue Shield (International)

Blue Shield (U.S. Committee)

DAI
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Damascus Branch

Global Heritage Fund

Heritage for Peace

ICA
International Council on Archives

ICCROM
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property

ICCROM-ATHAR
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
Architectural-Archaeological Tangible Heritage in the Arab Region

ICOM
International Council of Museums
Emergency Red List of Syrian Cultural Objects at Risk

ICOMOS
International Council on Monuments and Sites

ICOMOS-ICORP
International Committee on Risk Preparedness

IFLA
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

IFPO
Institut français du Proche-Orient

Institut du Monde Arabe

INTERPOL

Monuments of Syria
A Window on Syria’s Past by Ross Burns
Sites and Monuments damaged in the Syrian Crisis

MOSAIKON Initiative
A partnership between the Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Foundation, ICCROM, and ICCM

NPAPH Project
Non-Professional Archaeological Photographs-project

Penn Cultural Heritage Center

SAFE
Saving Antiquities for Everyone

s h i r ī n
Syrian Heritage in Danger: an International Research Initiative and Network

SNAP
Strategic Needs Analysis Project
(formerly Syria Needs Analysis Project)

Syrian Heritage Archive Project
A partnership between Berlin’s Museum für Islamische Kunst and the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut

The Syria Campaign

World Monuments Fund
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Government bodies involved in cultural heritage protection

Cultural Heritage Center
Cultural Heritage Center, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), US Department of State

DGAM
Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums, Syria

IICAH
Iraqi Institute for the Conservation of Antiquities and Heritage

ISESCO
Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

SBAH
State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, Iraq

UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (The Hague Convention)

UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Safeguarding Syrian Cultural Heritage

UNITAR
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
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General information about Syrian and Iraqi heritage

CORONA Atlas of the Middle East
Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST), University of Arkansas

The CRANE Project
Computational Research on the Ancient Near East

IAA
International Association for Assyriology

Monuments of Syria
A Window on Syria’s Past by Ross Burns

Syria Photo Guide
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