Wrecked by Islamic State and years of war, Palmyra is finally at peace and aiming to rebuild.
Khaldoun Al Raba, 32, has fond memories of his days guiding tourists around the ancient ruins of Palmyra, deep in the Syrian ...
Bathed in the glow of the winter sun, the colonnades of ancient Palmyra are perhaps Syria’s most precious sight. Yet the days when awestruck tourists would clamber through the ruins of Queen Zenobia’s ...
"We met with members of Syria’s Ministry of Culture and confirmed ... According to legend, it was founded by the biblical King Solomon. The ruins of Palmyra are part of a UNESCO World Heritage ...
Replicas of an arch in the 2,000-year-old Temple of Bel, among the last remaining parts of an ancient Palmyra, Syria, structure demolished by the Islamic State [Daesh], will be erected in London ...
The Islamic State’s Amaq News Agency has produced a torrent of content from the battle of Palmyra in recent days. The videos, photos and statements are, of course, jihadi propaganda. The images are ...
Palmyra is famous for its 2,000-year-old towering Roman-era colonnades, other ruins and priceless artefacts ... Isis suffered a setback in Syria’s north-eastern province of Hassakeh where it came ...
The death toll has risen to "79 pro-Iran fighters", 53 of them Syrians, 22 foreign nationals "mostly from the Iraqi Al-Nujaba movement", in addition to "four from Hezbollah", said the Observatory, ...