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		</div><p>Syria&#8217;s military said it has fully recaptured the historic town of Palmyra from Islamic State for the second time in a year.</p>
<p>The army statement released on Thursday evening said that government forces are now in control of the town, following a series of military operations and with the help of Russian air cover and in co-operation with &#8220;allied and friendly troops&#8221; &#8211; shorthand for Lebanese Hezbollah fighters.</p>
<p>IS defences of the town had begun to erode on Sunday, with the government troops reaching Palmyra&#8217;s outskirts on Tuesday.</p>
<p>This is the government&#8217;s second campaign to retake the desert town. It seized Palmyra from IS militants last March, only to lose it again 10 months later.</p>
<p>Before the civil war gripped Syria in 2011, Palmyra was a top tourist attraction, drawing tens of thousands of visitors each year.</p>
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