The death toll included 12 members of the jihadist group, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, after reporting earlier that government forces had launched at least 25 air strikes on the city. It said Palmyra’s only hospital was suffering severe shortages in staff and equipment, and some of the wounded had to be taken to Raqqa, more than 200 kilometers (125 miles) away.
Palmyra has been listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO since 1980. The Turkistan Islamic Party is amongst the individual groups treating in northwestern Syria, at which it really has declared part in a great many…
A general view shows the ancient Temple of Bel in the historical city of Palmyra, Syria, June 13, 2009.
Islamist insurgents are reported to have shot dead 56 Syrian soldiers in a mass execution at a captured air base.
The powerful coalition has seized nearly all of Idlib province except for Fuaa and Kafraya, two regime-controlled villages inhabited by Shiite Muslims.
He said the blasts targeted positions held by the National Defence Forces, a local pro-Assad militia.
Halting the rebel attacks on Kafraya and Foa was negotiated between rebel delegations and Iran in recent weeks, but the negotiations failed to settle the situation in the towns as the rebels set demands that couldn’t be met by the government forces.
The conflict in Syria, which flared in March 2011, has claimed more than 240,000 lives up until now, according to reports.
A source told Reuters this week that Syrian forces had started using new types of “very accurate” air and ground weapons supplied by its ally Russian Federation.
Washington has rejected suggestions from Moscow of cooperating with the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, in the fight against Islamic State, and has warned Syria not to interfere in its air campaign.















