Syria's antiquities chief said on Tuesday that the historic city of Palmyra had been unharmed since Islamic State (ISIS) insurgents seized it last week.
Speaking to Reuters, Maamoun Abdulkarim said he was still afraid the jihadist group would blow up Palmyra's 2,000-year-old Roman ruins, including tombs and the Temple of Bel, which could be viewed as idolatrous in its puritanical vision of Islam.
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