Feature: Life returns to Syria's Palmyra city with return of civilians

A man is seen returning to the city of Palmyra in central Syria on June 14, 2019. The ancient city of Palmyra has seen the vicious attacks and occupation of the Islamic State (IS) two times throughout the Syrian crisis and the people of that ancient oasis city went displaced more than once. After the second liberation of Palmyra in early 2017, the residential part of Palmyra, which has ancient ruins and residential area, were largely damaged. Since then, work has started to rehabilitate the infrastructure of the city and around 200 families have so far returned to their homes in Palmyra in the eastern countryside of Homs province in central Syria. TO GO WITH Feature: (Xinhua/Ammar Safarjalani)