Islamic State militants have entered the ancient ruins of Palmyra after taking control of the Syrian city, monitors say.
Insurgents swept into Palmyra's military air base, prison and intelligence headquarters on Wednesday and were now in the city's ancient sites, Rami Abdulrahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said.
Islamic State militants have killed at least 17 people, some of whom were beheaded, as it seized Palmyra, a monitoring group said today.
Members of the Syrian security forces and pro-government civilians in the World Heritage city were among those killed, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
The Observatory says Islamic State killed a total of 49 people in areas near Palmyra as it advanced towards the ancient city.
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