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According to the chief of antiquities in Palmyra, "It's as though there is a curse that has befallen this city and I expect only news that will shock us. If the city remains in their hands the city is doomed . .
"It is now wanton destruction ... their acts of vengeance are no longer ideologically driven because they are now blowing up buildings with no religious meaning."
"Palmyra was one of the most important cultural centres of the ancient world, according to cultural agency UNESCO, which has described it as the crossroads of several civilizations."
You may remember that after IS took the city in May, "the Islamic extremists . . beheaded the antiquities expert who looked after the ruins."
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