DAMASCUS - The Syrian army is battling Islamic State militants just 1-2 km (one mile) from the ancient city of Tadmur, home to a UNESCO World Heritage site, the Syrian antiquities chief told Reuters on Thursday Maamoun Abdulkarim said that if the group seizes the city, which is also known as Palmyra: 'They will destroy everything that exists there.'
(photo credit: The Jerusalem Post)