Minaret destroyed at 12th-century Syrian mosque on World Heritage list
Source: CNN
By Michael Martinez and Hamdi Alkhshali , CNN
April 25, 2013 -- Updated 0018 GMT (0818 HKT)
(CNN) -- Both sides in Syria's civil war were in rare agreement Wednesday: The minaret at a 12th-century mosque in Aleppo has been obliterated.
Unclear, however, was who destroyed the tower at the Great Umayyad Mosque, which has witnessed the march of nine centuries. It was just last month that a United Nations official expressed concern about the two-year war possibly damaging the mosque, a World Heritage site.
An opposition group blamed the government.
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The Syrian government, however, blamed one rebel group, Jabhet al-Nusra, for blowing up the minaret. The jihadist al-Nusra Front in Syria has been linked to al Qaeda in Iraq.
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Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/24/world/asia/syria-minaret/
Phillip McCleod
(1,837 posts)war is stupid. people are stupid. religion is stupid. everything sucks.
enlightenment
(8,830 posts)argh.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)Even if some people refuse to learn from it.
Phillip McCleod
(1,837 posts)..but mostly because we don't live in it. i bet it sucked at the time.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)Not saying you're wrong exactly...