Palmyra, Syria — Atop the ruins of Syria’s famed Palmyra theater, recently recaptured from the Daesh (the so-called IS) group, teenage musician Angel Dayoub sings an old Arabic favorite: “We’re coming ...

Three people, including two US Army soldiers and a US civilian working as an interpreter, were killed on Saturday after an attack on US and Syrian forces during a visit to the historic town of Palmyra ...

View of the ruins at Palmyra, Syria, in 2010 (photo by Marc Veraart, via Flickr) The UNESCO World Heritage Site, according to the UN cultural agency, “offers the consummate example of an ancient ...

ISIS seized control of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site dating back 2,000 years, last month, prompting fears for the site's survival This is the the latest act of cultural vandalism by the Sunni ...

Syria has arrested five people suspected of having links to the shooting of US and Syrian troops in the central Syrian town of Palmyra on Saturday, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday. Two US Army ...

Khaled al-Asaad, who served as the director general of the Palmyra Directorate of Antiquities and Museums from 1963 to 2003, was beheaded Tuesday by ISIS fighters in the ancient city. The Guardian ...

The ambush near Palmyra, which claimed the lives of two American soldiers — and a civilian interpreter, has abruptly forced Syria back onto the global agenda. For the first time since the fall of the ...

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DUBAI, November 1. /TASS/. Restoration of Syria’s Palmyra from the damage caused by the Islamic State (or IS, a terrorist organization outlawed in Russia) and civil war may take up to seven years and ...

PALMYRA, Syria (AP) — The stately remnants of 2,000-year-old columns and temples rise from the sand in the ancient city of Palmyra, known to locals as the “Bride of the Desert.” Once the capital of a ...