The ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Syria’s central Homs province, stands as a haunting reminder of ...

The Syrian army on Sunday liberated the ancient city of Palmyra in the Homs province. The UNESCO World Heritage site was seized by militants of the Islamic State terrorist group (outlawed in ...

TASS/. Syrian government troops and self-defense forces are pursuing retreating terrorist gangs on the western outskirts of the ancient city of Palmyra, Al Manar TV station reported on Thursday.

Palmyra, located in the Syrian desert northeast of Damascus ... grand colonnade and agora that sits at the heart of the ancient city. The triumphal arch and Temple of Baal Shamin were described ...

Syria’s renowned landmarks, such as the ancient city of Palmyra and the medieval castle of Crac des Chevaliers, still bear the scars of nearly 14 years of war. Conservators, however, are ...

from the ancient ruins and famous World Heritage Site of Palmyra in the Syrian desert. Syrian warplanes and troops are targeting militant positions on the city's eastern edge, activists say.

Syria was an archaeologist’s paradise ... Some of them can be restored, but others have completely crumbled.” Palmyra is a majestic ancient city whose influence peaked towards the end of ...

Last May, hundreds of ISIS fighters overran another Unesco site in Syria, the ancient city of Palmyra, renowned for its Roman-era ruins. Faced with the monumental scale of the country’s ...

HOMS governor Talal Barazi conceded last night that Syrian government forces had withdrawn from the ancient city of Palmyra while continuing to harass its Isis occupiers. Possession fluctuated over ...

At Palmyra (an ancient city in what’s now Syria) in the second century CE, an inscription shows 90 million sesterces in goods were imported in just one month. And in the first century BCE ...