I recently participated in the preparations by UNESCO and UNITAR of a detailed appraisal of the damage done to historic monuments in Aleppo as a result of the recent conflict.
The report can be found at the following link:
Other recent publications include an article on the significance of the re-opening of the National Museum in Damascus. A PDF of the article in Apollo Art Magazine can be found at:
and a long article in the International Review of the Red Cross (issue 99/3) on ‘Weaponising Monuments’ looking at the way that parties to the conflict exploited monuments almost as weapons of war rather than simply as incidental casualties. The article is at: