Ruins ruins. What monuments "Islamic state" destroyed in ancient Palmyra
Photo: AFP / Scanpix / Leta Big Colonnade in Palmyra, March 3, 2017 On March 2, 2017, Syrian troops, with the support of Russian aviation, again repelled the ancient Palmyra from the militants of the Islamic State. The first frames from the city confirm what they saw in satellite pictures in January and February: out of sixteen columns of elegant tetrapylon, only four survived , the facade of the Roman theater was blown up.