When war strikes, architecture—buildings, homes, and cultural landmarks—falls first before human lives become the grim focus.

Three Spanish pilgrims performing the Hajj in Saudi Arabia rode on horseback to Mecca, traveling thousands of kilometers in snow and rain and along a path they said had not been trekked for more than ...

Three Spanish Muslims who rode on horseback to the Hajj in Saudi Arabia say they followed a path not traveled for more than 500 years. Abdelkader Harkassi Aidi, Tarek Rodriguez and Abdallah ...

The Omayyad Mosque in the old city of Damascus once had a sun lit courtyard buzzing with people. Once the beating heart of Syria’s industrial and commercial industries, Aleppo has witnessed some ...

Aleppo, SANA- Aleppo province is located in ... it is also known for its mosques and churches, among its most important mosques is the Great Umayyad Mosque, which was built during the Umayyad ...

The opposition rebels on Saturday made their way through large parts of the city, staking their claim in the very center of the city at the Aleppo Citadel and the Great Mosque of Aleppo ...

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 ...

After years of civil war and violence in the Syrian city of Aleppo, a historic mosque is broadcasting its call to prayer again, nearly a decade after it stopped the practice. Oatmeal Brownie | No ...

State news agency SANA reported that the president had "performed Eid al-Adha prayers at Sahabiy Abdallah bin Abbas mosque in Aleppo city" and also released a message from Assad wishing Syrians ...

Similar to most renovation projects, there has been an ongoing debate on whether the mosque should be restored exactly as it was before the war, or completely redesigned with new contemporary ...

Islam, other than describing a religious belief, is a word that identifies a unique type of architecture that dates back thousands of years. It has been formed by a civilization that transformed ...