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PARIS: Tyre, an ancient Phoenician city in southern Lebanon hit in recent months by Israeli bombardment, was on Wednesday added to the Unesco list of world heritage sites in danger.
“The site has been directly hit and has sustained damage. Furthermore, its state of conservation is a cause for growing concern, particularly given the possibility of further impacts,” the organisation said.
“Optimal conditions are no longer in place to ensure the conservation and protection of the property’s outstanding universal value,” said the UN body, adding that it was the Lebanese government that requested its inclusion on the list.
The ruins in Tyre, around 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of Beirut but barely 20 kilometres from the Israeli border, were placed on the Unesco heritage list in 1984 and contain mainly Roman-era archaeological remains.
