The Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group has demolished a monastery founded more than 1,500 years ago in central Syria, near a town where the extremists abducted dozens of Christians earlier this month, activists said Friday, according to The Associated Press (AP).
The destruction of the Saint Elian monastery near the town of Qaryatain comes days after ISIS in Palmyra publicly beheaded an 81-year-old antiquities scholar who had dedicated his life to studying and overseeing the town’s ancient ruins.
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