Title: IS Militants Kill Former Director of Antiquities in Palmyra

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/407/is_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='IS Militants Kill Former Director of Antiquities in Palmyra ' data-article-id='746'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9125'>Islamic State militants in Syria have beheaded the former director of antiquities in Palmyra. </span> <span data-start-time='9125' data-end-time='14396'>The city is famous worldwide for its archeological treasures. </span> <span data-start-time='14396' data-end-time='19854'>The Islamic extremists seized Palmyra three months ago.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='19854' data-end-time='30271'>Palmyra's current director of antiquities said the 82-year-old former director, Khaled Asaad, was killed on Tuesday. </span> <span data-start-time='30271' data-end-time='40896'>He had worked for 50 years preserving the city's 2,000-year-old ruins, which are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='40896' data-end-time='52375'>The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Mr. Asaad was killed in a public square in Palmyra in front of many people.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' 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Islamic State militants in Syria have beheaded the former director of antiquities in Palmyra. The city is famous worldwide for its archeological treasures. The Islamic extremists seized Palmyra three months ago.

Palmyra's current director of antiquities said the 82-year-old former director, Khaled Asaad, was killed on Tuesday. He had worked for 50 years preserving the city's 2,000-year-old ruins, which are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Mr. Asaad was killed in a public square in Palmyra in front of many people.

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