Palmyra

Senior Lieutenant Alexander Prokhorenko, 25, died last month during the joint Russia-Syrian effort to retake the city of Palmyra from ISIS, when he called an airstrike on where he was located after being surrounded by ISIS forces.

The nearly two year ISIS occupation of the historic site has been devastating.

A week after taking back the historic town of Palmyra, Syrian troops and their allies on Sunday captured another town controlled by the Islamic State group in central Syria, state media reported.

Syrian Army units have taken back the ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State (ISIS). The units are now also trying to extend their control to include al-Qaryatain, to the southwest of Palmyra, and Sukhnah, to the northeast.

Drone footage shows the remains of the city of Palmyra after being recaptured by ISIS by Syrian troops.

A look at Palmyra, the archaeological gem that Syrian troops took back from Islamic State (ISIS) fighters.

Syrian government forces backed by Russian airstrikes drove Islamic State fighters from Palmyra on Sunday, ending the group’s 10-month reign of terror over a town whose famed 2,000-year-old ruins once drew tens of thousands of visitors each year.

Details are still emerging of the scale of destruction on the heritage site of Palmyra in Syria.

The revelation follows the release of images by Islamic State last week showing the Baalshamin temple had been blown up.

A Syrian official in charge of antiquities said Monday his government has not been able to determine how much damage an explosion near the ancient Temple of Bel caused the ancient structure in the militant-controlled city of Palmyra

ISIS extremists beheaded one of Syria’s most prominent antiquities scholars in the ancient town of Palmyra

The ISIS group says it has destroyed six archaeological pieces from the historic town of Palmyra that were confiscated from a smuggler

For decades, just mentioning the name Tadmur Prison was enough to send chills down the spine of Syrians.