IS militants in destruction mode – blows up ancient Baal Shamin temple in Palmyra

#BaalShamin #Palmyra #ISIS #Syria #KhaledAsaad The Islamic State militants are in a destruction mode and have, now, destroyed the Baal Shamin temple located in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra. Large amount of explosives were used to blow up this Roman-era temple that was built in the 1st Century. It is dedicated to the Phoenician god of storms and fertilizing rains.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 24 August 2015.

The country's antiquities chief Maamoun Abdul Karim has revealed that the next phase of the IS would be that of terrorizing people and, destroying temples and important landmarks and edifices.
Baal Shamin is situated about 550 meters from Palmyra's famous amphitheater where IS fighters had killed more than 20 Syrian soldiers after capturing the historic town in May. And, last week, they beheaded Khaled Asaad, an 82-year-old antiquities scholar who worked for over 50 years in Palmyra. He was beheaded after he had been interrogated for over a month. Later, his body was hung from one of the town's Roman columns. This is as reported by state media agency SANA as well as the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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