联合国称照片显示叙利亚又一座古寺被毁

The United Nations says satellite photos confirm Islamic State blew up another ancient temple in the historic Syrian city of Palmyra.

A U.N. agency posted images of the Temple of Bel taken on August 27 and the same site taken Monday - one day after Syrian observers said the temple had been destroyed

But Syria's antiquities director Maamoun Abdulkarim said he believes at least part of the temple is still standing. He said Monday there had been a big explosion at the site, but that no one has been able to get close enough yet to confirm how much, if any, of the temple survived.

The Temple of Bel is nearly 2,000 years old and Syrians consider it to be one of the country's most important religious shrines.