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Urgent: IS militants destroy Syrian Palmyra's Arch of Triumph

Xinhua, October 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Islamic State (IS) militants destroyed the Triumphal Arch of the Syria's ancient oasis city of Palmyra, the country's museums chief told state news agency SANA on Sunday. Endit