It has always been a dream to return here,” said Abu Hamza, one of the few visitors to Palmyra since last month’s downfall of ...

Khaldoun Al Raba, 32, has fond memories of his days guiding tourists around the ancient ruins of Palmyra, deep in the Syrian ...

But as he came to the Roman theatre, his eyes darkened. It was here, in 2015, that Palmyra’s new Islamic State overlords forced 25 bound and blindfolded prisoners to kneel in front of the proscenium ...