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CBN.comThe Islamic State has destroyed more ancient Christian sites -- this time, a 1,500-year-old Catholic monastery near Homs, Syria.
The Saint Elian monastery housed the tomb of St. Elian, a third-century martyr who was murdered by his Roman soldier father because he refused to renounce his Christian faith.
ISIS bulldozed the building and ransacked the tomb as part of its ongoing campaign to destroy Christian heritage sites.
Click play to see images of the monastery's destruction.
The monastery is in al-Qaryatain, a central Syrian city where earlier this month the terrorist group kidnapped more than 200 people, including Christians.
About half of them have been released, but 100 are still being held captive, possibly taken by jihadists to Raqqa, which ISIS calls its capital city.
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