{"id":54845,"date":"2015-03-06T19:01:29","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T19:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=d50bf7bd56f784bc977345c50d5c4fbd"},"modified":"2015-03-06T19:01:29","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T19:01:29","slug":"press-release-minister-ellwood-condemns-destruction-of-ancient-sites-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=54845","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Minister Ellwood condemns destruction of ancient sites in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Foreign Office Minister for Middle East, Tobias Ellwood said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I condemn ISIL\u2019s wanton destruction of ancient sites and other antiquities, some dating back several thousand years. The wilful wrecking of Iraq and Syria\u2019s cultural heritage, including by ISIL, is undermining the rich cultural heritage, history and sense of belonging for all communities in the region.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">This latest destruction further illustrates the need for the international community to come together and support the Government of Iraq in defeating ISIL and its barbarism.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<p>Follow Foreign Office Minister Tobias Ellwood on Twitter: <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TobiasEllwoodMP\" title=\"FCO Minister Tobias Ellwood on Twitter\">@TobiasEllwoodMP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foreignoffice\" title=\"FCO on Twitter\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foreignoffice\" title=\"FCO on Facebook\">Facebook<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/plus.google.com\/+foreignoffice\/posts%22FCO%20on%20Google+%22\">Google+<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_193\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:newsdesk@fco.gov.uk\">newsdesk@fco.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">News Desk <\/span><br \/>\n              020 7008 3100\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister Ellwood has condemned the destruction by ISIL of ancient sites and antiquities in Iraq.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}