BARBARIANS AT THE GATES: Monitor: IS threatening Syria’s ancient Palmyra. As jihadists near UNESCO world heritage site that tradition says was built by King Solomon, experts warn of imminent destruction (AFP).
Palmyra has also been under threat from the Syrian civil war but, at least until relatively recently
and in no small part thanks to the efforts of what sounds like a local militia, the site has remained relatively unscathed. I hope it is spared the depredations of ISIS.
More background on Palmyra is here and links. And more on ISIS's assault on the past is here and links.