Assad’s forces take back control of Palmyra: ISIS are driven out as troops dismantle dozens of booby traps laid by terrorists
Bashar al-Assad’s forces marched into Palmyra on Friday after ten months
Assad said the recapture showed army’s success at fighting terrorism
Russian President Vladimir Putin rang Assad to congratulate him
State media confirmed that ISIS had been overthrown on Sunday
Move clears the way for army to move into ISIS-stronghold Raqqa
ISIS had the ancient city home to extensive Roman ruins since May 2015
The terror organisation blew up many of the UNESCO ancient monuments
Drone captures blood stains on the ground where ISIS held executions
By JESSICA WARE and DARREN BOYLE
DailyMail.com
27 March 2016
Syrian government forces succeeded in driving Islamic State fighters from Palmyra on Sunday, and have vowed to take the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa next, state media said.
Syrian troops and allied militia backed by Russian air-strikes have been on the offensive for nearly three weeks in an attempt to retake the central town which fell to extremists last May.
‘Palmyra will be the central base to broaden operations… against Daesh in numerous areas, primarily Deir Ezzor and Raqa,’ the army said in a statement carried by state media, using an Arabic name for IS.
It pledged to ‘regain full control over’ the cities and ‘end the terrorist presence there’.
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