Alwaght- ISIS terrorist group has reportedly blown up ancient Maamoun Abdulkarimat Temple at the ruins of historic Palmyra in Syria.
The ancient site was the most intact structure in the 2,000 year-old Roman-era city.
Syrian state-run news agency SANA cited Syria's director-general of antiquities and museums as saying that local sources in Palmyra informed him that ISIS terrorists rigged the Temple of Baalshamin with large quantities of explosives and detonated them.
ISIS took control of Palmyra and the nearby modern town of Tadmur in May which lies in a strategically important area between Damascus and the city of Deir al-Zour.
Head of UNESCO Irina Bokova warned on Friday that Islamic state extremists in Syria and Iraq were involved in “the most brutal, systematic” destruction of ancient sites since World War II.
The news came after one week when it emerged that ISIS terrorists had beheaded the 81-year-old archaeologist, Khaled Asaad who had looked after Palmyra’s ruins for over four decades.
