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Palmyra

December 2022

  • Polly Toynbee

    Christmas comes with good cheer. The tragedy is the religious baggage

    Polly Toynbee
    As a humanist I am glad to see archaic beliefs and damaging traditions losing their grip, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

August 2020

  • The restored Al-Saqatiyya Souk in Aleppo, Syria.

    How Syria's blasted landmarks are starting to rise from the ruins

    From Aleppo to Palmyra, many of the country’s architectural treasures have been reduced to rubble, but restoration has begun

November 2019

  • A Russian orchestra plays in the ruins of Palmyra in 2016 after the city was recaptured by Syrian forces

    Concern over rise in dark tourism in Syria as war enters ninth year

    Attempts to reopen country to visitors have been met with criticism from some locals

October 2018

  • A priest visits the National Museum in Damascus as it reopens one wing

    Syrian museum reopening hailed as 'return to normal life'

    Archaeologists and restoration specialists attend ceremony at National Museum in Damascus

March 2017

  • Palmyra

    Inside Palmyra's destroyed theatre – video

  • The remains of the ancient Temple of Bel

    Desecrated but still majestic: inside Palmyra after second Isis occupation

December 2016

  • This image made from militant video posted online by the Aamaq News Agency, a media arm of the Islamic State group, purports to show a general view of the ancient ruins of the city of Palmyra, in Homs province, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016. Syrian opposition activists say the Islamic State group has regained control of the ancient town of Palmyra despite a wave of Russian airstrikes in a major advance after a year of setbacks for the group in Syria and Iraq. (Militant video via AP)

    Syria's ancient city Palmyra under control of Islamic State again – video

    The historic Syrian city of Palmyra has been recaptured by Islamic State fighters for the second time
  • A video image released by Isis-affiliated Amaq news agency purportedly showing Islamist fighters in Palmyra on Sunday.

    Islamic State retakes historic city of Palmyra

    Isis-affiliated news channel claims victory for jihadi fighters after intense fighting prompts Syrian military to withdraw

    • Isis regains control of Palmyra, forcing Syrian forces to retreat

    • Russian bombardment 'forces Islamic State out of Palmyra'

    • Looted Palmyra relics seized by Swiss authorities at Geneva ports

November 2016

  • Simon Jenkins

    Rebuilding Nimrud will help atone for the sins of the west

    Simon Jenkins
  • Jonathan Jones

    Jonathan Jones on art
    The vandals of Isis: Nimrud warns us of a unique barbarism

    Jonathan Jones

October 2016

  • Aid workers sort bags of food in Syria

    Guardian briefing: the key questions around aid in Syria

  • A replica of the bull of Nimrud is exhibited in the Colosseum in Rome.

    Bull of Nimrud destroyed by Isis to be recreated in Rome

July 2016

  • A Syrian air force jet near Palmyra earlier this year.

    Syrian civilians killed in apparent revenge bombing for pilot death

    Rebels say at least 30 died in airstrikes on town where militant reportedly killed air force pilot from crashed plane

May 2016

  • A Russian orchestra plays in the ruins of Palmyra

    Russian orchestra performs concert in Palmyra's Roman theatre – video

  • Russia's Mariinsky Theatre performs at the amphitheatre of the Syrian city of Palmyra.

    Palmyra hosts Russian concert after recapture by Syrian forces

April 2016

  • Replica Of The Triumphal Arch At Palmyra Revealed<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 19: A replica of the Triumphal Arch at Palmyra is unveiled at Trafalgar Square on April 19, 2016 in London, England. The 2000 year old arch in the Syrian city of Palmyra was destroyed by Islamic State forces in October 2015. The replica is intended as an act of defiance against ISIS. (Photo by Chris Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

    Palmyra's Arch of Triumph: the making of a London replica – video

  • A replica of the Triumphal Arch is constructed in Trafalgar Square.

    Palmyra's Arch of Triumph recreated in Trafalgar Square

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