Newly released satellite images show the destruction by ISIL militants of the Bel Temple in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. <br /><br /> The images, obtained from social media are thought to be credible. They show the Bel Temple partly destroyed and the Baal Shamin temple razed to the ground. <br /><br /> <br /><br /> ISIL seized Palmyra in May .. the first time the group has taken a city directly from President Bashar al-Assad’s army and allied forces.<br /><br /> The city’s monuments were put on UNESCO’s World Heritage in danger list in 2013.<br /><br /> Although ISIL has seized large chunks of Syria, the areas it holds are mostly sparsely populated. <br /><br /> The group also caused uproar over its destruction of ancient sites and relics in Iraq.
