Summary: PALMYRA, April 2, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Damaged ancient architectures are seen in Palmyra of centralSyria, on April 1, 2016. Syria's ancient city of Palmyra has been retaken by Syrian government forces fro ...

PALMYRA, April 2, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Damaged ancient architectures are seen in Palmyra of central Syria, on April 1, 2016. Syria's ancient city of Palmyra has been retaken by Syrian government forces from the Islamic State fighters. However, the city full of antiquities and ancient architectures has suffered destruction during the IS control. (Xinhua/Yang Zhen)