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In the 1950s the theatre was cleared from the sand and subsequently underwent restoration works.<ref>Carter; Dunston; Thomas, 2008, p. 208.</ref>

In early July, 2015 the Salafi jihadi extremist militant group and self-proclaimed caliphate Islamic state [[ISIS]] released a graphic video showing apparently very young members of that group executing by handgun 25 of their captives seen kneeling with their heads down and dressed in dark fatigues in front of the proscenium of the Roman amphitheatertheater.<ref>Hutcherson, Kimberly [http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/04/middleeast/isis-execution-palmyra-syria/ "ISIS video shows execution of 25 men in ruins of Syria amphitheater"] CNN, July 4, 2015</ref>

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