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A Palmyra resident, who goes by the name of Nasser al-Thaer, said IS militants set off a huge blast at 1:45 p.m. Sunday.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he is confident he has the continuing support of key allies Iran and Russian Federation.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he is confident he has the continuing support of key allies Iran and Russian Federation .

The series of images showed militants placing barrels and small containers, presumably containing explosives, into the temple, as well as similar containers placed on parts of its columns.

Mohammed Rayhan was assumed to be among more than 100 people killed when Syrian government forces bombed a market place in Douma, just north-east of Damascus, over the weekend in the single deadliest attack on the countryside town.

Islamic State militants have destroyed Palmyra’s ancient temple of Baalshamin, Syrian officials and activists said, according to BBC News.

“Douma is one of the largest suburbs of Damascus and has been held by rebels since the early days of Syria’s conflict, which began in March 2011 with mostly peaceful protests but escalated into a full-scale civil war after a massive government crackdown”, notes AP.

On Monday, the UN’s humanitarian chief fiercely condemned attacks against civilians in Syria at a press conference in Damascus.

A Syrian man who was presumed dead after a massive market bombing woke up two days after the attack, emerged from the rubble and walked into his own wake.

The UN statement was approved one day after Assad regime warplanes struck a rebel-held town near Damascus, killing at least 96 people.

Monitoring group Human Rights Watch urged the UN to impose an arms embargo on the Syrian government Thursday to “stop indiscriminate attacks” against civilians, AFP reported.

In the second round of his regional visits after the nuclear agreement, Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in the Lebanese capital city of Beirut Tuesday evening.

“Oftentimes, global business centers don’t rank as high as you might expect”.

O’Brien said unnamed armed groups, of which there are many in Syria, cut water supplies to Damascus’ population of five million, and to two million in Aleppo.