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AFP 2015/ JOSEPH EID
More
than 50 percent of Syria is now controlled by the Islamic State
terrorist group after militants seized the ancient city of Palmyra, a
Syrian human rights watchdog said Thursday.
MOSCOW
(Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, a local source told Sputnik that
after week-long battles Syrian government forces withdrew from Palmyra
to avoid the destruction of the historic part of the city, one of the
most important cultural and archaeological sites in the Middle East. A
majority of Palmyra's population was evacuated.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the ISIL
militants have now captured more than 95 thousand square kilometers
of Syrian lands (some 36,700 square miles) and have a full or partial
control of nine out of the country's 14 governorates. The terrorist
group also controls "the vast majority of oil and gas fields."
The Islamic State is a Sunni jihadist group that captured large areas in Iraq and Syria, proclaiming a caliphate on lands it has seized.
The Islamic State is a Sunni jihadist group that captured large areas in Iraq and Syria, proclaiming a caliphate on lands it has seized.
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