The 2,000-year-old temple was part of the remains of the ancient
caravan city of Palmyra in central Syria, seized by ISIS in May.
The news of the latest destruction at Palmyra came just days after ISIS
released propaganda images purportedly showing militants blowing up
another Palmyra temple, the 2,000-year-old Baalshamin dedicated to the
Phoenician god of storms and fertilizing rains.
The UN cultural
agency Unesco, which has designated Palmyra as a world heritage site,
called the destruction of the Baalshamin temple a war crime.
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