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The family of Khaled Asaad are said to have been told that the 82-year-old scholar who worked for more than 50 years as head of antiquities in Palmyra was executed by ISIS yesterday.

Islamic State monsters have destroyed one of the world’s most revered ancient ruins the temple of Baalshamin, Syrian officials have said. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the conflict, reported on the same day that its sources said ISIS blew...

The temple has been around since the first century and was constructed to the dedication of Phoenician, the God of storms and fertilizing rains.

Human remains at an open grave inside the destroyed Saint Eliane Monastery.