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Photos showing Palmyra before and after ISIS occupation

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Temple of Bela destroyed
Temple of Bela destroyed

AFP photographer Joseph Eid went to Palmyra, Syria, rescued from the hands of Islamic militants. However, he did not expect what damage was done and how the ancient city differed from the one he had seen in 2014.

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