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.

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, ...

ISIL militants beheaded a leading Syrian antiquities scholar who spent most of his life looking after the ancient ruins of Palmyra, then hung his body from a pole in a main square of the historic town ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Syrian government forces – backed by heavy Russian air support – are said to have driven ISIL militants out of Palmyra. The army ...