Syrian forces enter Islamic State-held town near Palmyra
Syrian and allied forces, backed by Russian air strikes, entered the Islamic State-held town of al-Qaryatain on Sunday, having gradually surrounded it over the past...
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Assad calls on U.N. to help restore ancient Palmyra
President Bashar al-Assad called on the United Nations and other international organisations on Wednesday to help Syria to restore Palmyra after government forces drove Islamic...
Syrian forces pursue campaign against Islamic State after retaking Palmyra (Update 3)
Syrian government forces backed by Russian air strikes battled Islamic State insurgents around Palmyra on Monday, trying to extend their gains after taking back control...
Russia’s Putin congratulates Syria’s Assad on regaining Palmyra – reports
Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on regaining the city of Palmyra, the Kremlin spokesman said on Sunday. “Assad highly valued...
Syrian army enters Islamic State-held Palmyra (Updated)
Syrian government forces fought their way into Palmyra on Thursday as the army backed by Russian air cover sought to recapture the historic city from...
Syrian army expects to retake Palmyra ‘within hours’ – TV (Updated)
Syrian soldiers and their allies advanced to within 1 km of Palmyra on Thursday and soldiers speaking from the outskirts of the historic city said...
Syria air strikes target Islamic State in ancient Palmyra
By Tom Perry Russian warplanes were said to have launched heavy strikes on the Islamic State-held city of Palmyra on Thursday in what may be...
Russian jets pound Islamic State targets in Palmyra, Aleppo
Russian jets hit Islamic State targets in the Syrian city of Palmyra and the northern province of Aleppo, Syrian state television and a monitoring group...
Islamic State militants blow up ancient Arch of Triumph in Palmyra
By Kinda Makieh The United Nations cultural organisation condemned the latest destruction by Islamic State of ancient monuments in Syria’s 2,000-year-old Roman city of Palmyra,...
Islamic State militants blow up Palmyra’s ancient tower tombs (Update 2)
By Kinda Makieh Islamic State has blown up three ancient funeral towers in the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria’s antiquities chief said on Friday, continuing...
Islamic State destroys part of Syria’s Temple of Bel – monitors
The hardline Islamic State group has destroyed part of an ancient temple in Syria’s Palmyra city, a group monitoring the conflict said on Sunday. The...
Palmyra’s ancient ruins unharmed for now says Syrian antiquities chief
Syria’s antiquities chief said on Tuesday the historic city of Palmyra had been unharmed since ultra-radical Islamic State insurgents seized it from state control last...
Iraq prepares to retake Ramadi (updated)
ISLAMIC State poured more fighters into Ramadi as security forces and Shi’ite paramilitaries prepared to retake the Iraqi city that fell to the Islamists a...
Islamic State says it has full control of Syria’s Palmyra (Update 5)
By Sylvia Westall Islamic State fighters tightened their grip on the historic Syrian city of Palmyra on Thursday and overran Iraqi government defences east of...