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.

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 ...

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 ...

Reporting from Amman, Jordan — About 80% of the artifacts in Palmyra appear to be largely intact after the ancient city’s recapture from Islamic State militants, a jubilant Syrian official ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Palmyra, a World Heritage Site in Syria, has suffered extensive damage, with 80% of its structures destroyed or at risk of collapse. The city, once home to ...

Islamic State militants in Syria have blown up three tower tombs in the ancient city of Palmyra, just days after demolishing one of the Middle East’s most important historic sites, the 2000-year ...

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.