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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: A mass Iftar was organized at the mosque, bringing together 1400 people from various backgrounds and areas of Aleppo, whose ...

BEIRUT — Fighting between Syrian insurgents and government forces in Aleppo left one of the Middle East's most storied mosques severely damaged Wednesday, its soaring minaret toppled by explosives.

The Citadel of Aleppo sits on a 50-meter limestone hill in the center of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tens of thousands of people have fled neighborhoods in Syria's northern city of Aleppo after clashes between government and ...

BEIRUT -- Syrian state media said rebels have shelled a mosque in a government-held area of the northern city of Aleppo, killing at least 15 people and wounding 30. State TV said several rockets hit ...

BEIRUT — Combat raged near a historic mosque in the Syrian city of Aleppo Tuesday while anti-government activists reported fresh clashes near a police academy west of the city. The fighting near the ...

Flicking through before-and-after photos of Aleppo's Umayyad mosque on his phone, the city's mufti Mahmoud Akkam said he initially wanted the celebrated landmark to be restored by fellow Syrians. But ...

Syrian rebels clashed with regime troops in the narrow stone alleyways around a historic 12th-century mosque in the Old City of Aleppo on Thursday, while a government airstrike north of the city ...

BEIRUT — A landmark mosque in Aleppo was burned, scarred by bullets and trashed — the latest casualty of Syria’s civil war — and President Bashar Assad on Monday ordered immediate repairs to try to ...