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Islamic State beheads leading Syrian antiquities scholar in Palmyra

Wednesday, 19 August 2015, 11:26 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Islamic State militants beheaded one of Syria's most prominent antiquities scholars in the ancient town of Palmyra, then hung his body from one of the town's Roman columns, Syrian state media and an...

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