The destruction of the minaret — which dated to 1090 and was the oldest surviving part of the Umayyad Mosque — brought outrage and grief. "What is happening is a big shame," said Imad a-Khal ...

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.

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

Syria's state media said the Nusra Front, a militant Islamic faction in the insurgency, had placed explosives inside the minaret, which dates to the 11th century. Anti-Assad activist groups at the ...