Syrian troops entered Palmyra

Today, March 24, the Syrian government troops entered the ancient city of Palmyra, which has been under the control of ISIS for almost a year (terrorist organization prohibited in the Russian Federation).

According to Reuters with reference to Syria's state television, the Syrian army reached the city of the city.

The operation to liberate Palmyra, which is on the way to the ISIS of the Dire-Ez-Zaur province captured by the militants, began last week with the support of Russian aviation. On the approaches to Palmyra, the soldiers neutralized about 120 units of explosives.

On Wednesday, March 23, government troops held positions less than 1 km from the city.

ISIS was captured in May 2015. In June, the militants blew up two Muslim tombs in Palmyra, in July theydestroyed several monuments of the pre -Islamic period, at the end of August they executed the archaeologist Halid Asaad, the keeper of the Palmyra monuments, destroyed the temple of Baalshamin and demolished the CE of B.E. The temple of Bela, and in the fall, was blown up by the triumphal arch of the II century AD