Isis’s destruction of an ancient civilisation mattered more to the west than human casualties | The Independent

Isis’s destruction of an ancient civilisation mattered more to the west than human casualties | The Independent: The first time Isis attacked Palmyra, their men arrived at night in five mile-long columns of tanks and trucks, suicide bombers in armoured vehicles at the front, fighters at the back. The Syrian soldiers defending the east of the Roman city on 12 May 2015 – their records showed that the first Isis units arrived at 9.45pm – fired their Milan anti-tank rockets at the suiciders,