THE Soofie Mosque in Masukwana Street now boasts a 30-metre high minaret, complete with dome. Members of the mosque watched and boys from the neighbouring Islamic school popped their heads over ...

The early 13th-century mosque boasts the oldest remaining minaret in the Iraqi capital and has been under threat for decades on account of neglect, sanctions, and damage endured during the U.S ...

Both sides in Syria’s civil war were in rare agreement Wednesday: The minaret at a 12th-century mosque in Aleppo has been obliterated.

The mural, on the Jara Mosque in eL Seed’s hometown of Gabes is 47 meters tall, 10 meters wide and covers two sides of the minaret, his biggest artwork to date.

The Syrian government and rebels blamed each other for the destruction of the minaret of the 11th century Umayyad Mosque in the ancient city of Aleppo. One archaeologist described the damage as "a ...

For nearly 1,000 years the minaret of the Great Mosque of Aleppo soared above Syria's largest city. But it now lies in ruins - one of the many victims of Syria's civil war.

The towering minaret symbolizes a beacon of peace and tranquility.” Some Muslims, especially older ones born in other countries, see a mosque without a minaret as incomplete.

Both sides in Syria’s civil war were in rare agreement Wednesday: The minaret at a 12th-century mosque in Aleppo has been obliterated.