Mohamed Hassan al-Homsi
ISIL destroys part of famed Palmyra temple: Monitor, activists
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadist group has blown up parts of the Temple of Bel in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, a monitor and activists said.
Syria's Palmyra in peril after ISIL overruns most of city
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters overran most of the historic Syrian city of Palmyra on May 20, in a blow to efforts to repel the advancing jihadists after the fall of Iraq's Ramadi.