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.
Syrian State TV has said that fighters from the so-called Islamic State have killed at least 400 civilians in the recently captured historic city of Palmyra.
The broadcaster said its information came from residents inside the beleaguered city.
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