IS advances in Iraq amid massacre claims in Syria
ISLAMIC State (IS) militants have seized another town in Iraq’s western Anbar province less than a week after capturing the provincial capital, a tribal leader said yesterday, while in neighbouring Syria the group’s fighters killed dozens of pro-government forces in the ancient town of Palmyra.
IS fighters combed Palmyra, detaining and killing dozens of people two days after seizing the town, which is home to one of the Middle East’s most famous archaeological sites, activists and officials said.
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