In yet another display of the Islamic State’s destruction, the Syrian government confirmed Sunday that the militant group destroyed the treasured Temple of Baal Shamin in the ancient city of ...

an even grander structure that was consecrated to the Semitic god Baal. The Islamic State has controlled Palmyra since May 2015, and in a radio broadcast on May 27, 2015, an Islamic State leader ...

The temple of Baal Shamin in the historic city of Palmyra, Syria, in 2009. The Islamic State destroyed the temple in late August. (Stringer) Why should people care about the past or the future?

To Islam’s west lay Egypt and the rest of Christian ... in the west and Greek-speaking Byzantines in the east, with a few Baal-worshipers in the south. Africa’s theological divisions ran ...

Islamic State militants have blown up the Temple of Baal Shamin, one of the most important sites in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, the country's antiquities chief Maamoun Abdul Karim says.

Islamic State group supporters on social media also did not immediately mention the temple’s destruction. RELATED: There will be no pyramids, threatens ISIS Now a memory ... The Temple of Baal ...

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Islamic State' (IS) militants have blown up the temple of Baal Shamin in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. The head of antiquities at the Roman-era site was beheaded by Islamists just a week ago.

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Islamic State militants in Syria have severely damaged a 2,000-year-old temple considered one of the greatest sites of the ancient world. Photo: UNESCO. Trump Says 150 Countries Want to Make Trade ...