Syria: Chechnya helps finance restoration of Great Mosque in Aleppo
Restoration work on the Great Mosque of Aleppo (Umayyad Mosque) was already well underway on Sunday. The iconic place of worship is being restored with the help of financing from the Chechen Republic's Akhmad Kadyrov Fund.
Footage shows workers and craftsmen working to rebuild various parts of the mosque. Sakhr Al-Olabi, professor of Archaeology at Aleppo University, is helping in the restoration process, and highlighted his gratitude to Chechnya for their support.
I would like to highlight the financing party, it is the Republic of Chechnya of the Russian Federation, they visited us more than once, they are in continuous follow-up. We thank them for being ready to maintain any antiquity and offer their experiences and moral support, not only financial support, he said.
Aleppo witnessed some of the most brutal fighting during the Syrian conflict, and work is now ongoing to put the war-torn city back together since government forces retook it over a year ago.
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Drone footage captures Chechnya-funded restoration work at Aleppo's Great Mosque
Restoration work on the Great Mosque of Aleppo (Umayyad Mosque) continued on Monday, as captured by drone footage. The iconic place of worship is being restored with the help of financing from the Chechen Republic's Akhmad Kadyrov Fund.
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Great Mosque of Aleppo, one of the largest&oldest mosques in the world. It was built at 13th century, It was badly damaged during the war but now Syrian people doing their best to repair this heritage.
Syria: Drone footage captures Chechnya-funded restoration work at Aleppo's Great Mosque
Restoration work on the Great Mosque of Aleppo (Umayyad Mosque) continued on Monday, as captured by drone footage. The iconic place of worship is being restored with the help of financing from the Chechen Republic's Akhmad Kadyrov Fund.
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Rebuilding the Great Mosque of Aleppo
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The Great Mosque of Aleppo. The unique Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo city. Footage taken from the ancient beautiful place in the Old City which is to be reconstructed by the Akhmad Kadyrov Fund
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Is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. After the Arab conquest of Damascus in 634, the mosque was built on the site of a Christian basilica dedicated to John the Baptist
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Old Market and Grand Omawi Mosque in Aleppo
The reconstruction is in full swing in the Old Market of Aleppo and the Omawi Mosque (also known as Umayyad Mosque).
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The Umayyad Mosque (or Masjid), also known as the Grand Mosque of Damascus is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. It is the first monumental work of architecture in Islamic history
Historic Umayyad mosque damaged in Aleppo
(23 Jan 2017) The Great Mosque of Aleppo, a centuries-old treasure at the heart of one of the world's oldest cities, is today a grim monument to the ravages of Syria's war.
The doors have been blasted away, the walls have been shredded by gunfire and shrapnel, and the minaret where the Muslim call to prayer sounded for 900 years has been toppled and shattered.
The wooden pulpit, along with ancient manuscripts from a nearby library, has been carted off by looters.
Syrians are only now able to survey the damage wrought by more than four years of war.
Rebels from the countryside poured into Aleppo in the summer of 2012, capturing eastern districts and transforming the Old City into the front lines of a war of attrition with forces loyal to President Bashar Assad.
The rebels surrendered last month after a massive government offensive and were evacuated to other areas, allowing Assad to regain control of the country's largest city.
The red carpets inside the mosque are covered in debris, while damaged copper chandeliers are still hanging from the ceiling.
An extensive network of sandbags used by the rebels snakes throughout the compound.
Also known as the Umayyad Mosque, the site was reopened in 2006 after a 20-year renovation project.
Aleppo's Old City, a UNESCO world heritage site, also boasts a 13th century citadel, a sprawling bazaar and several other monuments, nearly all of which have been damaged or destroyed.
Before the rebels stormed the city, the state built a cement wall to secure a tomb inside the mosque believed to hold the remains of the Prophet Zakariah.
But an ornate wooden pulpit modelled on the one inside Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque was pillaged.
Sheikh Abdul-Qader Shehabi, a senior Muslim cleric who spent years studying and working in the Umayyad Mosque, said 70,000 books were stolen from a nearby library, including copy of the Quran transcribed in the Middle Ages, which he says was smuggled out and sold in Turkey for 250,000 US dollars.
Khaled al-Masri, director of museums and antiquities in Aleppo, downplayed the extent of the destruction, saying the mosque could be repaired within a year and the minaret could be rebuilt in three.
But the war is still raging elsewhere in the country, and even if the cash-strapped government prevails it will confront a massive reconstruction challenge , not only in Aleppo but in other cities and towns.
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Syria - The Ummayad Mosque in Damascus
The Ummayad Mosque, also known as the Grand Mosque of Damascus (Arabic: جامع بني أمية الكبير, transl. Ğām' Banī 'Umayyah al-Kabīr), is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. Located in one of the holiest sites in the old city of Damascus, it is of great architectural importance.
After the Arab conquest of Damascus, the mosque was built on the Christian basilica dedicated to John the Baptist since the time of the Roman emperor Constantine I. The mosque holds a shrine which still today contains the head of John the Baptist (Yahya), honored as a prophet by both Christians and Muslims alike. There are also many important landmarks within the mosque for the Shī'ah, among them is the place where the head of Husayn (the grandson of Muhammad) was kept on display by Yazīd I. There is also the tomb of Saladin, which stands in a small garden adjoining the north wall of the mosque.
Syria: Rubble that lines UNESCO-listed Umayyad Mosque chronicles battle for Aleppo
Locals could be seen strolling between the rubble at one of Syria's oldest and largest Muslim religious sites, the Great Mosque of Aleppo, on Saturday, one of the city’s many historic sites to sustain heavy damages during the four-year battle for the former Syrian trade hub.
Aleppo citizens and visitors milled past large piles of debris in the mosque’s central courtyard, with cracked columns and mortar shell scars to the mosque’s domes telling the story of the city’s recent history.
Built in the Eighth century, the Great Mosque of Aleppo or the Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. During the years of the conflict in Syria, the mosque was allegedly plundered and reportedly used by the Syrian opposition as an outpost.
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The Great Mosque of Aleppo - build in the Umayyad period is one of the great examples of their architecture. The Minaret is one of the most beautiful in Syria.
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Aleppo's Ancient Mosque a Microcosm of Syria's Civil War
After overrunning rebel forces, Syrian pro-government forces took a selfie in the courtyard of the ancient Umayyad mosque in the old city of Aleppo. What role has this sacred site played in Syria’s civil war? WSJ’s Jason Bellini has #TheShortAnswer Photo: AFP/Getty
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Umayyad Mosque in Syria's Aleppo devastated by conflict
The minaret of Aleppo's ancient Umayyad mosque was destroyed on Wednesday, Syrian state media and a watchdog group reported, with the regime and rebels blaming each other. Duration: 00:53.
Ancient City of Aleppo (UNESCO/NHK)
Located at the crossroads of several trade routes from the 2nd millennium B.C., Aleppo was ruled successively by the Hittites, Assyrians, Arabs, Mongols, Mamelukes and Ottomans. The 13th-century citadel, 12th-century Great Mosque and various 17th-century madrasas, palaces, caravanserais and hammams all form part of the city's cohesive, unique urban fabric, now threatened by overpopulation.
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