Aleppo’s Umayyad mosque. The fate of Aleppo, listed by the United Nations as a World Heritage Site, has been the subject of great anxiety for city residents, archaeologists, ...

Aleppo's Umayyad mosque sustained calamitous damage during the time the former Silk Road terminus was divided between opposition fighters and government forces. News. Home Page ; ...

The Great Mosque of Aleppo, a centuries-old treasure at the heart of one of the world's oldest cities, is today a grim monument to the ravages of Syria's war.

This journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows the damaged famed 12th century Umayyad mosque without the ...

A decade after the completion of the Great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus (circa 700 AD), Caliph Al-Walid decided to recreate the mosque in Aleppo, but passed away before the work was complete.His ...

The minaret of Aleppo’s ancient Umayyad mosque was destroyed on Wednesday, Syrian state media and a watchdog reported, with the regime and the opposition blaming each other.

ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - The remains of the medieval Umayyad Mosque's felled minaret lie in its once-elegant courtyard along with discarded mattresses, fragments of rockets and antique doors, but ...

Government troops had been holed up inside the 13th-century Umayyad mosque, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in downtown Aleppo for several months before rebels fighting to topple Mr. Assad launched ...

The latest casualty of the Syrian civil war is the ancient Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo, one of the city’s most famous landmarks. Reports out of Syria indicate the Great Mosque had its minaret ...

Before its minaret collapsed in fighting Wednesday, Aleppo’s Umayyad Mosque was one of the oldest and most precious landmarks in Syria’s largest city.The UNESCO world heritage site dating back ...

The 1,000-year-old minaret of Aleppo’s Umayyad Mosque fell Wednesday during heavy fighting across the country that saw forces loyal to President Bashar Assad make strategic gains against ...

The minaret of UNESCO-listed Umayyad mosque was destroyed amid infighting in Aleppo The minaret of Aleppo's ancient Umayyad mosque was destroyed on Wednesday, Syrian state media and a watchdog ...