Syrian troops with Russian support recapture Palymra from IS

Syrian troops backed by Russian jets completed the recapture of the historic city of Palmyra yesterday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said the army and Iranian-backed militia advanced inside Palmyra on Thursday as ISIS withdrew completely. 

The Observatory reported that IS militants retreated to areas in the east and Government forces conducted combing operations to clear mines



on Thursday. IS militants mined several areas before withdrawing completely. During Syria's six-year civil war, the oasis city has traded hands several times and become a symbol of IS's wanton destruction of priceless cultural heritage in areas under its control. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu informed President Vladimir Putin of Palmyra's recapture, a Kremlin spokesman told news agencies in Moscow.