
Jihadist militants from Daesh terrorist group have blown up three funerary towers at the ancient city of Palmyra, the BBC news cited Syria's antiquities chief Maamoun Abdul Karim as saying on Friday.
The multi-storey sandstone monuments, standing outside the city walls in an area known as the Valley of the Tombs, belonged to rich Palmyrene families.
Their demolition comes only days after Daesh blew up Palmyra's two main temples.
The group, which captured the UNESCO World Heritage site from government forces in May, has previously destroyed two Islamic shrines near Palmyra, which they described as "manifestations of polytheism".
Source: MENA
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