On Nov. 9, 1993, Croat artillery relentlessly bombarded the Bosnian town of Mostar. Their principal target was the Stari Most, a graceful, arching Ottoman bridge that held no strategic or military value. Linking the town’s Muslim east and Croat west, the bridge had long symbolized Mostar’s proud history of tolerance and cosmopolitanism—its deliberate destruction was intended to erase this legacy and… return to article
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