The mosque, also known as the Umayyad Mosque, 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.

Reuters photographs from before and after the fighting reveal how the city has been scarred by years of air strikes, shelling, street fighting, fires and neglect. Aleppo’s Umayyad mosque ...

The 11th-century minaret of a famed mosque that towered over the narrow stone alleyways of Aleppo's old quarter collapsed Wednesday as rebels and government troops fought pitched battles in the ...

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

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 ...

The Great Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo, which dates back to 710 AD, stood as a battlefield in the recent Syrian war, losing its 11th-century old Seljuk Minaret.

Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday ordered immediate repairs to a historic mosque in the city of Aleppo after fierce fighting between rebels and regime forces set parts of the compound on ...

At the historic Umayyad Mosque in the heart of Damascus, a red, white, black and green flag flies.

At the historic Umayyad Mosque in the heart of Damascus, a red, white, black and green flag flies.

On Friday, the rebels entered the old city of Aleppo and took over several key sites, including the historic citadel and the Umayyad Mosque, according to videos posted on social media.

The Assad regime ruled Syria for 50 years. Here’s how it fell in less than two weeks (CNN) — At the historic Umayyad Mosque in the heart of Damascus, a red, white, black and green flag flies.