REUTERS
"The army has regained control over a very large part of the territory. The government troops are storming the last militant-held height near Palmyra," the source said, according to TASS.
Militants from the Islamic State terrorist group seized Palmyra early in the summer of 2015. The Syrian authorities warned at that time that the unique historical complex could repeat the sad fate of the ancient Iraqi cities of Ashur and Nimrud, which had been wiped out by insurgents.
