Antiquities scholar beheaded by ISIL refused to lead terrorists to hidden Palmyra artifacts
Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) has executed an antiquities scholar who refused to reveal to the terrorists where valuable Palmyra antiquities were being hidden. ISIL militants beheaded Khaled al-Asaad, 82, a renowned antiquities scholar in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra and hung his body on a Roman column in […]