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Urgent: IS militants retreat from Syria's Palmyra

Xinhua, May 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Islamic State (IS) militants withdrew from areas they entered in the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria, Mamoun Abdulkarim, Syria's director-general of antiquities and museums, told Xinhua on Sunday. Endit