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Israeli air force said it carried out several strikes on Syria overnight

Syrian army says it shot down Israeli jet

Syria's army high command has said its air defences shot down an Israeli jet over what it called "occupied ground" and damaged another.

World • 17 Mar 17

Syrian troops prepare for the advance on Palmyra

Al-Qaeda confirms senior leader killed in drone strike

The Al-Qaeda group has confirmed that a US-led coalition drone strike had killed senior leader Abu al-Khayr al-Masri in Syria.

World • 02 Mar 17

Government forces were supported by Russian air strikes

Islamic State driven out of Syria's Palmyra

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has hailed his troops' victory over the so-called Islamic State group in the ancient oasis city of Palmyra as an "important achievement."

World • 28 Mar 16

Palmyra's ruins are on the UNESCO World Heritage list, and before the war around 150,000 tourists a year visited the town

Three people bound to columns and executed by IS

The self-styled Islamic State group has executed three people in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra by binding them to three historic columns and blowing them up, a monitoring group has said.

News • 27 Oct 15

The Arch of Triumph pictured before its destruction by IS

Palmyra's 'Arch of Triumph' destroyed by IS

The so-called Islamic State is reported to have destroyed the Arch of Triumph, a major monument in the 2,000-year-old Roman city of Palmyra, Syria's antiquities chief said.

News • 05 Oct 15

The whole of Palmyra has been listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO since 1980

IS blows up ancient towers in Syria

Militants from the so-called Islamic State group have blown up three of the famed tower tombs of Syria's ancient desert city of Palmyra, the country's antiquities chief said this morning.

News • 04 Sep 15

Ban Ki-moon voiced outrage over the murder of retired chief archaeologist Khaled al-Assaad

UN chief appalled by 'barbaric' attacks in Palmyra

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he is appalled by reports that self-styled Islamic State militants had demolished a temple in Syria's ancient Palmyra.

News • 25 Aug 15

Palmyra is famed for its extensive and well-preserved Greco-Roman ruins

IS militants laying landmines in Palmyra - SOHR

Self-styled Islamic State group militants have laid landmines and explosives at the site of the ancient ruins in Syria's Palmyra, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said.

News • 21 Jun 15

Syrian troops have been battling IS militants around Palymra

Syrian forces launch air strikes on IS positions

Syrian government aircraft launched at least 15 strikes in and around the ancient city of Palymra today, following its fall to the self-styled Islamic State group, a monitoring group has said.

World • 25 May 15

Islamic State fighters entered the city on Wednesday

IS fighters kill 400 inside Palmyra - reports

Syrian state television has said the self-styled Islamic State group has killed at least 400 people in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, most of them women and children.

News • 24 May 15

There are concerns over the fate of antiquities in Palmyra, as IS has previously destroyed heritage sites in areas under its control in Iraq

Islamic State fighters enter Palmyra museum

Fighters from the self-styled Islamic State group have entered the museum in the historic Syrian city of Palmyra, according to the country's antiquities director Mamoun Abdulkarim.

World • 23 May 15

IS is reportedly combing houses to find regime loyalists

IS executes civilians after seizure of Palmyra

Fighters from the self-styled Islamic State militant group have executed at least 17 people, including civilians, after the jihadists seized Syria's ancient city of Palmyra on Thursday, a monitor said.

News • 21 May 15

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