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ISIL militants execute 12 people in Palmyra, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
2017-01-19

ISIL recaptures the Syrian city of Palmyra despite heavy Russian airstrikes, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Palmyra Coordination Committee (PCC).
2016-12-11

The SOHR and Amaq announce that ISIL has captured an oil field north-west of Palmyra.
2016-12-10

Airstrikes by Syrian or Russian warplanes on ISIL's de facto capital Al-Raqqah in northern Syria, leaves at least 39 people dead, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Airstrikes on the city of Palmyra and nearby villages are said to have killed at least 18 ISIL militants, as the Syrian Army advance on the city.
2016-03-19

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports Russia conducted multiple airstrikes on ISIS-held Palmyra. [http:--www.airforcetimes.com-story-military-2015-11-02-activists-suspected-russian-jets-hit-syrias-palmyra-75056436- (Air Force Times)]date=August 2019
2015-11-3

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports the Islamic State, on Sunday, executed three detainees in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra by strapping them to pillars and blowing them up with the antiquities. ISIL has yet to tell locals the identities of the three individuals or say why they had been killed.
2015-10-27

At least 26 people are killed following Syrian Arab Air Force air-raids on the Islamic State-held central Syrian city of Palmyra according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
2015-09-18

The United Nations confirms the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has completely destroyed the Temple of Bel in Palmyra, Syria, after earlier reports that the structure was mostly intact.
2015-09-1

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates that Syrian government air strikes on areas controlled by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant kills 32 people. The air strikes hit a hospital in Dayr Hafir killing at least 21 people.
2015-04-22

About 100 soldiers, guards and employees are killed as insurgents belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS) seize control of the Shaer gas field in Palmyra, central Syria. The United Kingdom-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 115 people were killed in total.
2014-07-18