War and Peace, DoubleQuoted

[ by Charles Cameron — another reason to value Twitter ]

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These images were brought to my attention on Twitter via Ali Soufan:

Syria: 2011 and 2015. pic.twitter.com/ZjHOAF1EtZ

— The Int'l Spectator (@intlspectator) March 26, 2016

The Guardian has larger versions 0f these images — and several more pairs of them — in a piece titled Syria’s heritage in ruins: before-and-after pictures posted in January 2014.