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It is interesting because we heard as you said that the place nimrud, place to mosul, the strong hold in iraq that it has been bulldozed over by isis. they show the video that things are worse. they use the sledgehammers and power tools to destroy the artifacts. in the end, they rig everything with explosives and blow it up. the interesting thing about all this is that the u.n. says that all of this is a war crime. they say this is something that is absolutely outrageous. the isis fighters that can be scene on that video say they are proud of what they are doing, of course according to the rad...

Released another very disturbing individual of the destruction of ancient artifacts. in this case in the ancient city of nimrud an intense explosion artifacts dating back to 900 b.c. reduced to dust in the newly released isis propaganda video. before the blast militants destroyed antiques piece by piece with sledge hammers. the city is located south of the isis controlled area of mosul, the second largest city in iraq a city of nearly 2 million people in control by isis. our senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is following the latest and joining us live from london. how much destr...

We have cnn's frederik pleitgen with more. fred this seems like a propaganda message. another from isis. >> reporter: exactly. another brutal propaganda message. when we heard the site in nimrud was attacked we thought it was bulldozers they used and part of the site may have survived. seeing this video, it is clear things are worse than anybody could have thought. they used heavy equipment, sledgehammers and bulldozers to take down ancient walls and statues and then actually blew the place up. this is certainly something that is a lot worse than many people thought. it does fit also into a pa...

♪ ♪ a devastating display of destruction by isis. new video claims to show militants demolishing an archaeological site in northern iraq last month. militants used explosives to blow up an ancient syrian city. they're using sledge hammers and power tools to destroy artifacts. now the iraqi government has declared the city of tikrit safe and free of isis, but some refugee families say they are afraid to return home. cnn international correspondent arwa damon has more from iraq.

Care here. we need to eat and drink. let them allow relief and food. >> the syrian air forces drop dozens of barrel bombs on the camp since last wook. a new isis video claims to show militants destroying an archaeological site last month. militants used explosives to blow up an ancient city. earlier, men are seen using sledgehammers to destroy artifacts. it was to be placed on unesco's heritage sites. if you look at the i ammance before the destruction, if's incredibly sad what's gone on there. in his homily, pope francis called it the first genocide of