he was facing serious punishment but instead what seems to have happened is that north korea has released him, handed him back over to south korean authorities just in the past couple of hours. now, the ordeal may not quite be over. he is a u.s. permanent resident but south korea citizen. south koreans may not simply cross into north korea without special permission. the national intelligence service here is investigating whether he may have broken local laws. alisyn. thanks so much for that. also breaking news overnight, another ancient treasure destroyed by isis, this time, the 1800-year-old arc de triomphe in palmyra. unesco, the united nations cultural organization condemned the destruction of palmyra as, quote, war crimes. we all want less gun violence?
control of police stations. there was also another video, recently released that allegedly shows one of the terrifying armored vehicles that isis is, isis uses. packed with explosives. they drive them toward the front line. and then they detonate. these are all things that iraqi fighters and their militias, that will be fight will have to confront when they try to retake the city. yeah, and iraq s prime minister seems to thing it is just going to be a matter of days, retaking ramadi. that s not what a lot of analysts are thinking here. ian, let s move from iraq to syria now. and as we have reported it s believed about 200 people were excuted by isis in palmyra, including 13. the number expect to rise. some suggest it is higher than that. what more details are we learning about the brutal executions? that s right. when isis takes control of an
more than 90 people including at least 11 children have been executed by isis fighters in palmyra, an ancient city located 130 miles from the syrian capital of damascus. meantime in anbar province in iraq, coalition forces launched new air strike at isis dark threats. the goal to keep terrorists away from a key iraqi military base and the country s capital of baghdad. isis has been on the tear matching east toward baghdad since capturing the key city of ramadi last weekend. and in a cnn exclusive interview, u.s. ash carter said the fall of ramadi was proof the iraqi military lacked the will to fight. joining me now, cnn correspondent, athena jones, at the white house. carter offered a harsher assessment than what we have heard from other members of the obama administration. hi fred. that s right. very tough words from the defense secretary, of since the fall of ramadi in iraq and the