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Syria's antiquities head: IS bombing Palmyra "a catastrophe"
Syria's head of antiquities, Professor Maamoun Abdul Karim, said Islamic State group's bombing of the Temple of Bel is the beginning of the "total destruction of Palmyra".
The United Nations has released satellite images which appear to show that the most important temple in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra has been destroyed by IS.
Professor Karim said "Palmyra is the icon" of Syria's heritage and accused IS of being "ignorant" as they don鈥檛 respect the "identity of the people" of Syria.
This clip is originally from 5 live Daily on Tuesday 1 September 2015.
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