The Syrian
Arab Army and its allies have taken the Palmyra ruins and Tadmor city
next to them from the Islamic State. To the chagrin of the U.S. State
Department (vid), the Islamic State occupiers pulled back into the
eastern desert after losing some 500 men.
The Syrian
government can now use the air base in Palmyra and from there regain
control of the eastern desert country up to Deir Ezzor and the
Syrian/Iraqi border in the east and towards the Jordan border in the
south.
Syrian
troops recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State
of Iraq and the Levant on Sunday and pledged to build on the win with
an advance against other jihadist strongholds. President Bashar
al-Assad hailed the victory as an "important achievement"
as his Russian counterpart and key backer Vladimir Putin
congratulated Damascus for retaking the UNESCO world heritage site.
These are
some of the first pictures to be seen from inside the city after the
recapture:
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