ISIS conquest of the historic city of Palmyra, the Unesco world heritage site, marks the first time the group “has seized an entire city from Syrian government forces.”
“The Islamic State militants now control about half of Syria’s territory. Nearly all of that is desert, although the militants have seized critical roads, oil and gas fields, and many sites where valuable antiquities can be excavated, now chief among them Palmyra.“
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The souk of Aleppo…
One of the many facets of life that is being destroyed in Aleppo… right now…
