Mosques have taken a beating in Syria's war Photo 1 of 4 A Syrian government warplane bombed the central mosque in Ma’arat Hurmah, on October 16, 2012. Townspeople said it was apparently to avenge the protest marches, which invariably began from the mosque. (Andree Kaiser/MCT) ANDREE KAISER — MCT Photo 2 of 4 A Syrian government warplane bombed the central mosque in Ma’arat Hirmah, on October 16, 2012. Townspeople said it was apparently to avenge the protest marches, which invariably began from the mosque. (Andree Kaiser/MCT) ANDREE KAISER — MCT Photo 3 of 4 Some 60 civilians, most of them internaliy displaced, died and more than 100 were wounded when the Syrian army bombed the souk (main market) and surrounding houses in Azaz, northern Syria, in mid-January. In Azaz, in northern Aleppo province, the army set up a temporary base in an enormous mosque under construction in mid-June 2012, stationed armored vehicles around the perimeter and turned the two minarets into snipers’ nests. (Andree Kaiser/MCT) ANDREE KAISER — MCT Photo 4 of 4
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