A look at Palmyra, the archaeological gem that Islamic State fighters retook Sunday from Syrian troops in a major advance after a year of setbacks in Syria and neighboring Iraq.

An undated image, which appears to be a screenshot from a video and which was published by the Islamic State group in the Homs province (Welayat Homs) on August 25, 2015, allegedly shows smoke ...

The Islamic State group released propaganda images Tuesday that purport to show militants laying explosives in and then blowing up the 2,000-year-old temple of Baalshamin in Syria’s ancient c… ...

The city museum, home to treasured artefacts, was ransacked and statues were smashed or defaced. Despite the extensive damage, Maamoun Abdelkarim said that the Temple of Bel had not been pulverised ...

UNESCO has condemned Isil's destruction of the temple of Baal Shamin in Palmyra, Syria, as a war crime. The temple was built nearly 2,000 years ago and UNESCO has described it as a symbol of Syria ...

Archaeological excavations in Palmyra began in earnest in the 1930s under French watch; villagers who had been living within the site's ruins, including inside the Temple of Bel, were relocated to ...

When ISIS destroyed the 2,000-year-old Temple of Bel, it annihilated a major piece of world history, helped its mission and threatened Syrians’ livelihoods.

Homs, Syria – Homs is Syria's third biggest city, following Aleppo and Damascus. Located some 170 km north of the capital, it has long had crucial economic, geographic and strategic relevance ...

FILE -- In this April 1, 2016 file photo, soldiers look over damage at the historical Bel Temple in the ancient city of Palmyra, Homs provence, Syria. Palmyra, the archaeological gem that Islamic ...

When ISIS destroyed the 2,000-year-old Temple of Bel, it annihilated a major piece of world history, helped its mission and threatened Syrians’ livelihoods.

Palmyra's renowned Temple of Bel, blown up by Islamic State last year, is not beyond repair but the full extent of damage in the ancient city could take weeks to establish because of mines laid ...