Temple of Bel

The Islamic State recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra in December for the second time. The Syrian Army although fought bravely, they were not able to defend the the city.

According to Reuters, the ISIS has destroyed at least a part of the Tetrapylon, the Roman amphitheater. The Syrian administrator of Antiquities, archaeologist Maamoun Abdulkarim confirmed the sad news.

Syria's antiquities chief said on March 28 that his department would need five years to restore the ancient ruins of Palmyra damaged by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), while Syrian government forces backed by Russian air strikes battled ISIL around Palmyra, trying to extend their gains.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suffered a double setback in Syria on March 25 as army troops recaptured the ancient citadel in Palmyra and the Pentagon said the jihadists' second-in-command was killed in a U.S. raid.

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) extremists have blown up the famous Arch of Triumph in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, the country's head of antiquities said Oct.5, as the jihadists press their campaign to tear down the treasured heritage site.

The most famed temple in Syria's Palmyra has been blown up, the United Nations said on Aug. 31, showing satellite images of the damage as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) presses a campaign to tear down the treasured heritage site.

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.

Islamic State militants have destroyed Palmyra’s ancient Temple of Baalshamin, Syrian officials and activists charged on Monday, days after beheading the chief archaeologist of the site.

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants on Aug. 23 blew up the ancient temple of Baal Shamin in the UNESCO-listed Syrian city of Palmyra, an official said, the latest in a series of cultural relics to be destroyed by the jihadist group.

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (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 Aug. 18.

Islamic State of Iraq and the Leavnt (ISIL) militants have laid landmines and explosives at the site of the ancient ruins in Syria?s Palmyra, a monitor said June 21, adding the purpose of the move was unclear.

The head of Syria?s antiquities department, reached by phone in Damascus, said he had also received reports from Palmyra residents that mines were laid at the site.