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One of the first journalists to reach the Syrian city of Palmyra following its recapture from the so-called Islamic State has described it as a ghost town. Maher al Mounnes, who works for the French news agency AFP, entered the city with Syrian troops.

(Pictures: Colonnaded alleys and Greco-Roman ruins in the old city of Palmyra. Credit: Maher al Mounnes, AFP)