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Archaeologists have offered a grim assessment of the damage wrought by Islamic State militants to a museum in the Syrian city of Palmyra, suggesting it is far more extensive than was first thought. The museum itself was destroyed and some

According to Syrian state television, regime military forces have entered the ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage site ravaged by the Islamic State last year.

Islamic State militants have seized control of the Libyan town of Sabratha, a UNESCO world heritage site and home to one of the world’s best-preserved Roman amphitheaters, The Telegraph reported on Friday.

As the wave of Palestinian knife attacks continues, and the Palestinians follow up on burning down the tomb of Joseph by lobbing firebombs near the tomb of Rachel, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has passed an Arab-drafted resolution condemning Israel.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon announced this week that he plans on meeting Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian dictator Mahmoud Abbas.

Syrian state television is reporting Russian jets attacked the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Palmyra only days after the radical Islamic group destroyed three ancient arches in the historic city.

Famous archaeological sites in northern Syria are being raided by locals and ISIS jihadists on an “industrial scale,” the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) chief said on Wednesday.

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) published pictures of jihadists destroying ancient statues in Palmyra, Syria, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The terrorist group previously promised not to touch the historical landmarks.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights recently reported that the Islamic State (ISIS) has placed mines within the ruins of Palmyra, Syria. “They have planted it yesterday,” explained Rami Abdulrahman, the head of the British group. “They also planted some around the Roman theatre, we still do not know the real reason.”

The Islamic State commander in Palmyra, Syria. announced the terrorist group will destroy anything in the UNESCO World Heritage Site that promotes idolatry, but everything else will remain untouched.

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) released their first video from Palmyra, Syria, which shows the city’s ancient ruins untouched for now. Those buildings and temples earned Palmyra the title of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The group’s official media outlet uploaded the short video to YouTube.

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) captured Palmyra, a historic city in Syria that serves as a home to a treasure trove of ancient artifacts. Dread filled historians as pictures surfaced of an ISIS flag on a 100-year-old castle.

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) seized nearly “one-third” of the ancient city Palmyra in Syria after heavy clashes with Bashar al-Assad regime forces and their allies, reported a U.K.-based monitor group.

Over the last 15 years, Brazil has instituted more and more gun control, including gun registration and criminal and mental background checks for gun ownership. Today they have “restrictive” gun control, and one more thing—a 35-year high for gun deaths in the country.

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is on the doorstep of Palmyra, another UNESCO World Heritage Site in Syria. Officials warn if ISIS is not stopped, they will destroy another important historic city as they expand the caliphate.

Radical Islamists elsewhere are taking a page out of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) playbook. Jihadists demolished a mausoleum in Mali that was recently submitted to the United Nations World Heritage site.

There is nothing more characteristically Italian than pizza, and yet Italy is suffering from a dramatic drop in pizza makers, with young Italians less and less interested in the trade. Now it is estimated that more than 2 out of every 5 pizza makers are foreigners, and there are some 6,000 vacant posts for pizza makers in the country’s restaurants.

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) destroyed the archaeological site of Hatra in northern Iraq. As the terrorist group extends its caliphate, its jihadist soldiers exterminate anything that, in their eyes, promotes idolatry.