Two days later MOJWA started to destroy parts of the World Heritage Site of Timbuktu, amid condemnation by UNESCO, the OIC Mali and France. This was followed by criticism within the region and internationally with ECOWAS suggesting it could send an armed intervention force into the country and the ICC following Mali's lead in terming the acts as "war crimes." While MNLA also criticised the Islamists for holding civilians and destroying the structures, Ansar Dine said that the destruction was due to violation of sharia and in reaction to UNESCO's labeling of the sites of Timbuktu and in Gao as "in danger."