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		</div><p>Islamic State militants have seized territory near Palmyra, home to famed Roman ruins, according to Syrian opposition activists.</p>
<p>IS seized Palmyra and held it for 10 months before being driven out by Russian-backed Syrian government forces in March.</p>
<p>During their reign, the extremists destroyed a number of 2,000-year-old monuments and artefacts.</p>
<p>IS launched a two-pronged attack on government forces on Thursday, advancing to within eight kilometres (five miles) of the town, said Rami Abdurrahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.</p>
<p>The Palmyra Co-ordination Committee, another opposition group, said IS advanced from the south and north, capturing government checkpoints and a number of small villages, and approaching gas fields and grain silos.</p>
<p>The IS-run Aamaq news agency posted a video of four captured government soldiers.</p>
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