(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Islamic State poured more fighters into Ramadi as security forces and Shia paramilitaries prepared to retake the Iraqi city that fell to the Islamists a week ago in a major setback for the government.
In Palmyra, the Syrian air force struck at buildings captured by the militant group, whose arrival has raised fears that the city's famed Roman ruins will be destroyed.
The air force levelled Islamic State "hideouts" and killed a large number of its members around Palmyra's military air base, Syrian state media said.
Islamic State has killed at least 217 people execution-style, including children, since it moved into the Palmyra area 10 days ago, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Another 300 soldiers were killed before the Syrian city was captured, the monitoring group said.
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