Syrian army says it has retaken Palmyra from ISIS
BEIRUT -- Syria's military has announces that it has fully recaptured the historic town of Palmyra from the Islamic State group for the second time in a year.
The army statement released on Thursday evening says that government forces are now in control of the town, following a series of military operations and with the help of Russian air cover and in cooperation with "allied and friendly troops" -- shorthand for Lebanese Hezbollah fighters.
