Click Here to Read: Hebrew inscriptions, jewels of Palmyra’s Jewish past, may be lost forever: With Islamic State now in control, fears grow for archaeological gems that point to the ancient city’s resonant Jewish history by Ilan Ben Zion in The Times of Israel on May 25, 2015.
The Islamic State flag raised on top of Palmyra castle, May 22, 2015. (Photo credit: The website of Islamic State militants via AP)