Showdown in Palmyra: ISIL loudspeakers tell civilians to flee

Showdown in Palmyra: ISIL loudspeakers tell civilians to flee

Special to WorldTribune.com Using loudspeakers, Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) jihadists on March 24 called on the 15,000 civilians who remain in Palmyra to flee as Syrian forces advance on the ancient city. “The vast majority had already fled – only those too poor to flee stayed behind,” said Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the […]