ISIS fighters have captured Palmyra castle overlooking the ancient city in eastern Syria, a news agency affiliated to the militants said Sunday.
Heavy Russian airstrikes had pushed back the militants from inside the city hours after they captured it last Saturday in a surprise multi-pronged offensive, according to a war monitor and rebels familiar with the situation.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday that its jets carried out 64 airstrikes during an operation to drive ISIS out of the strategic areas around the city that it had secured, killing more than 300 militants.
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