Syrian government forces drove ISIL fighters out of Palmyra on Sunday, the army said, inflicting a major defeat on the militants who seized the desert city last year and dynamited its ancient temples.

WASHINGTON — The recapture of the ancient city of Palmyra by Syrian forces takes away a key revenue source of looted antiquities for the Islamic State, but global demand for the stolen valuables ...

ISIL militants beheaded an antiquities scholar in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra and hung his body on a column in a main square of the historic site, Syria’s antiquities chief said on Tuesday. IS, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 100 pro-Syrian government fighters have been reported killed as ISIL captured all of the historic city of Palmyra, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian experts A group of Russian sappers, or military engineers, is preparing to leave on an unusual mission in Syria. Russian ...

Last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris by forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) should serve as a warning to the world’s leaders that global cultural patrimony in any city or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Newly released satellite images show the destruction by ISIL militants of the Bel Temple in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.