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Russia: Palmyra sculptures damaged by IS being reconstructed

Associated Press

In this Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, file frame grab provided by Russian Defense Ministry press service, long-range Kalibr cruise missiles are launched by a Russian Navy ship in the eastern Mediterranean. The Russian Defense Ministry says in a statement on Wednesday, May 31, 2017, that the Admiral Essen frigate and the Krasnodar submarine launched the missiles at IS targets in the area of the ancient city of Palmyra. (Russian Defence Ministry Press Service photo via AP, File) **FILE**

Russia fires cruise missiles, targets IS positions in Syria

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

This file image posted online on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, by the Aamaq News Agency, a media arm of the Islamic State group, purports to show a general view of the ancient ruins of the city of Palmyra, in Homs province, Syria, with the Citadel of Palmyra in the background. Syrian state media said on Thursday, March 2, 2017, that military forces have entered Palmyra in the quest to again take the town from the Islamic State group. (Amaq News Agency via AP, File)

Syrian troops clear explosives after taking Palmyra from IS

By ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

This Dec. 11, 2016, file image made from militant video posted online by the Aamaq News Agency, a media arm of the Islamic State group, purports to show a general view of the ancient ruins of the city of Palmyra, in Homs province, Syria. Islamic State group militant destroyed a landmark ancient Roman monument and parts of the amphitheater in Syria’s historic town of Palmyra, the Syrian government and opposition monitoring groups said Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (Militant Video via AP, File)

Syria: ISIS in Palmyra destroys part of Roman theater

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 14, 2016 photo, Russian soldiers stand guard in the ancient city of Palmyra in the central Homs province, Syria. An American heritage organization says the Russian military is constructing a new army base in the central Syrian town of Palmyra, within the protected zone that holds the archaeological site listed by UNESCO as world heritage. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

L. TODD WOOD: Russia building army base in Palmyra, Syria

By L. Todd Wood

The Bel Temple in the ancient city of Palmyra is marred by graffiti and other damage, but archaeologists say it can be restored without resorting to extensive rebuilding using modern materials that might destroy its character. (Associated Press)

Despite ISIS destruction, ancient Palmyra in Syria can be restored

By Riham Alkousaa and Rasha Faek — Special to The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during an award ceremony for young Russian children's writers in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 25, 2016. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin is not pulling Russian forces out of Syria, despite his pledge: U.S. military

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

This image posted online Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, by supporters of the Islamic State militant group on an anonymous photo sharing website, shows Syrians inspecting a damaged building in the aftermath of an airstrike that targeted areas in Raqqa, Syria. (Militant photo via AP) ** FILE **

Retaking Syria’s Palmyra reveals more shattered antiquities

By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

This file photo released on Sunday, May 17, 2015, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the general view of the ancient Roman city of Palmyra, northeast of Damascus, Syria. (SANA via AP, File)

Syrian forces enter ISIS-held Palmyra; intense clashes with militants

By Albert Aji and Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

This file photo released on Sunday, May 17, 2015, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the general view of the ancient Roman city of Palmyra, northeast of Damascus, Syria. The rampage by the Islamic State, targeting priceless cultural artifacts often spanning thousands of years, has sparked global outrage and accusations of war crimes. (SANA via AP, File)

Islamic State straps prisoners to ancient Palmyra columns, blows them up: report

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

This Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, satellite image provided by UNITAR-UNOSAT shows damage to the main building of the ancient Temple of Bel in the Palmyra, Syria. The main building has been destroyed, a United Nations agency said. The image was taken a day after a massive explosion was set off near the 2,000-year-old temple in the city occupied by Islamic State militants. (UrtheCast, UNITAR-UNOSAT via AP)

Temple of Bel in Syria ‘destroyed,’ satellite images show

By Albert Aji and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

This file photo released on Sunday, May 17, 2015, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the general view of the ancient Roman city of Palmyra, northeast of Damascus, Syria. The rampage by the Islamic State, targeting priceless cultural artifacts often spanning thousands of years, has sparked global outrage and accusations of war crimes. (SANA via AP, File)

Palmyra temple damage in Syria remains unclear, antiquities official says

By Albert Aji and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

This undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), now called the Islamic State group, marching in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Militant Website, File)

Islamic State beheads 82-year-old antiquities expert in Palmyra

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, July 26, 2015. Assad says he supports any political dialogue to end his country's civil war even if its effects are limited. But he says any initiative that is not based on fighting &quot;terrorism&quot; will be &quot;hollow&quot; and &quot;meaningless.&quot; (SANA via AP)

Syria’s embattled president admits manpower shortage

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

FILE - This file photo released on Sunday, May 17, 2015, by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows the general view of the ancient Roman city of Palmyra, northeast of Damascus, Syria. Members of the Islamic State group have captured the ancient town raising fears that the extremists will destroy its archaeological sites that have stood for two millennia. Palmyra, home to one of the Middle East's most famous UNESCO world heritage sites, was under full control of militants on Thursday after troops withdrew to nearby bases. (SANA via AP, File)

Syrian official: Islamic State militants in Palmyra’s museum

By ALBERT AJI and SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

In this picture released on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, by the website of Islamic State militants, an Islamic State fighter fires his weapon during a battle against Syrian government forces on a road between Homs and Palmyra, Syria. Islamic State militants overran the famed archaeological site at Palmyra early on Thursday, just hours after seizing the central Syrian town, activists and officials said, raising concerns the extremists might destroy some of the priceless ruins as they have done in neighboring Iraq. (The website of Islamic State militants via AP)

Islamic State in control of Palmyra ruins, Syrian activists say

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press