More than 100 pro-Syrian government fighters have been reported killed as ISIL captured all of the historic city of Palmyra, according to the British-based Syrian observatory for Human rights.
The Islamic extremist group has control of the military airbase, prison and intelligence headquarters, and it has also entered the city’s historic sites, though there are no reports of destruction so far.
The taking of Palmyra means that more than half of Syrian territory is now under ISIL control.
The group already controlled wide tracts of the north and east, though these areas were mostly desert. This is the first time they have seized a large population centre directly from Syrian pro-government forces.
One resident said they had inside help:
Read more: ISIL controls more than half of Syria after seizing Palmyra | euronews, world news
The Islamic extremist group has control of the military airbase, prison and intelligence headquarters, and it has also entered the city’s historic sites, though there are no reports of destruction so far.
The taking of Palmyra means that more than half of Syrian territory is now under ISIL control.
The group already controlled wide tracts of the north and east, though these areas were mostly desert. This is the first time they have seized a large population centre directly from Syrian pro-government forces.
One resident said they had inside help:
Read more: ISIL controls more than half of Syria after seizing Palmyra | euronews, world news
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