(ABC NEWS) The ISIS occupation of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra has taken its newest tragic turn, the same week after militants brutally executed a renowned Syrian scholar deemed a “protector” of the ruins.
ISIS has destroyed one of the city’s most well-known ruins, the Temple of Baalshamin, believed to be nearly 2,000 years old, according to the Syrian Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums.
ISIS detonated “a large quantity of explosives” at the site Sunday, also damaging nearby columns, the group said in an online statement.
