Islamists blew up the ancient temple in Palmyra
Islamists blew up the ancient temple in Palmyra © Bernard Gagnon / Wikimedia Commons The Temple of Baalchamin, one of the main monuments of Palmyra, was destroyed by the militants of the “Islamic state of Iraq and Levant” (ISIS, a terrorist organization prohibited in Russia). According to BBC with reference to the power of Syria, this happened on Sunday, August 23. According to human rights activists from the Syrian Center for Monitoring Human Rights, the temple was destroyed a month ago.