Much of the world's attention, though, was focused on the destruction of Palymra's ancient ruins, and the beheading of Khaled al-Assaad, the elderly head of Palmyra's antiquities, who The Guardian ...

At the opening of a new art exhibit on the faces of ancient Palmyra at the Museo archeologico nazionale di Cividale del Friuli in the northern Italian city of Friuli, prominent Near Eastern ...

PALMYRA, Syria – The Syrian city of Palmyra stood for decades as a shining example of ancient civilization, a caravan stop on the Silk Road that served as the capital of Queen Zenobia’s empire.

Syrian troops rolled into the occupied city of Palmyra late last week, capturing the ancient Palmyra Castle as they marched toward the ISIS fighters commanding the ancient city, state-run media said.

Disturbing pictures have emerged purporting to show the decapitated bodies of a group of young men killed by Isis militants in the historic city of Palmyra ... in civilian clothing and lying ...

Last year, the Islamic State captured Palmyra, an ancient desert city in the heart of Syria and a UNESCO World Heritage site, and set about killing local civilians and targeting those suspected of ...

The self-declared Islamic State has taken control of Palmyra, an ancient city that's on UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites. Palmyra and Tadmur, the modern town that adjoins it, have been the ...

BEIRUT --Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants have destroyed a temple at Syria's ancient ruins of Palmyra, CBS News has confirmed. The attack has realized the worst fears ...

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The fall of ancient Palmyra has provided a bleak and frightening look into the future, with current political and climatic conditions mirroring those that preceded the catastrophic decline of the ...

Syrian troops rolled into the occupied city of Palmyra late last week, capturing the ancient Palmyra Castle as they marched toward the ISIS fighters commanding the ancient city, state-run media said.