Palmyra is one of the most famous sites in ... Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1980, the city saw much of its heritage destroyed during the war. Following the liberation of Syria from ...

The Islamic State group demolished the prison after capturing the town. IS militants later destroyed Palmyra’s historic temples of Bel and Baalshamin and the Arch of Triumph, viewing them as ...

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SEE ALSO: Should we 3D print a new Palmyra? Here's what it means to recreate a city destroyed by ISIS. The town's archaelogical site -- a UNESCO world heritage site -- is about a mile away from ...

ISIS philistines vandalised more ancient monuments in Syria’s Palmyra after executing 12 captives in the Roman amphitheatre, residents said yesterday. Syrian antiquities chief Maamoun Abdulkarim said ...

SANA news agency reported that militants destroyed the ancient fortress of Emir Fakhr-al-Din on the entrance to Palmyra from the side of Homs. In less than a year of IS control, militants ...

In summer 2016, the Temple of Bel, among other important archaeological monuments of the World Heritage Site of Palmyra, was intentionally destroyed. An element of the structure of the Temple, the ...

The first terrorist convoy heading to Palmyra from Raqqa was destroyed by the Russian Aerospace Force on May 25. The Russian Defense Ministry added that armed units of the Syrian Democratic Forces ...

Palmyra is one of the most famous sites in ... Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1980, the city saw much of its heritage destroyed during the war. Following the liberation of Syria from ...