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Visitors Return to Syria's Palmyra After Years of War and Destructions

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After years of war and destruction, Syrians are trying to reclaim their heritage – not least in the ancient city of Palmyra, where night-time tours are now being organised. As FRANCE 24’s Dana Alboz reports, it is a way of reclaiming the country’s history, but also of reviving a site that fell into the hands of the Islamic State group in 2015, where the group committed one of its worst atrocities.

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Syria: The Country Reclaims Its Heritage, Tourists Return to Palmyra

After years of war and destruction, Syrians are trying to reclaim their heritage in Palmyra. Nighttime tours are now being organized in the heart of the ancient city, among ruins and stargazing, to revive a site marked by the occupation of the Islamic State group in 2015. A report by Dana Alboz, Hamza Ballouk and Gaëlle Fonseca.

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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France24 broke the news in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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