Remembering Syria's ancient city with an interactive map of Palmyra Published August 30th, 2015 - 07:56 GMT The ancient Temple of Baal Shamin in Palmyra on March 14, 2014.

Take a flight of discovery high above the enduring beauty of Syria with breathtaking drone footage of Damascus, Palmyra, and ...

Palmyra, with its towering 2,000-year-old ruins, holds mostly symbolic meaning in the wider Syrian civil war, although its location in central Syria gives it some strategic significance as well.

Before the war, Palmyra — one of Syria’s six UNESCO world heritage sites — was the country’s archaeological crown jewel, a tourist attraction that drew tens of thousands of visitors each year.

PALMYRA, Syria – Explosions rocked the ancient town of Palmyra on Friday and on the horizon, black smoke wafted behind its majestic Roman ruins, as Syrian army experts carefully detonated ...

Experts push to restore Syria's renowned Roman ruins at Palmyra, other sites Landmarks such as the ancient city of Palmyra and the medieval Crusader castle of Crac des Chevaliers remain scarred by ...

The destruction of the nearly 2,000-year-old temple of Baalshamin by Islamic State militants erased a symbol of the once rich religious life of Syria’s ancient caravan city of Palmyra and left ...

A look at Palmyra, the archaeological gem that Islamic State fighters retook Sunday from Syrian troops in a major advance after a year of setbacks in Syria and neighboring Iraq.

Palmyra. Palmyra, one of Syria’s six UNESCO World Heritage sites, once thrived as a key hub on the ancient Silk Road, linking the Roman and Parthian empires to Asia.

Ruins at risk as ISIS makes dramatic advance in Syria 02:52. BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants were in control Thursday of the archaeological ruins in Syria's ancient ...