A man prays inside the Sankore mosque in Timbuktu, Mali. The city is now in the hands of rebels who have proclaimed it part of an independent Tuareg state, Azawad.

The ancient desert town of Timbuktu is under assault in the west African nation of ... one Islamist group, allied with al-Qaida, has begun systematically destroying shrines inside the mosque, ...

The Islamists controlling northern Mali on Tuesday destroyed two tombs at the ancient Djingareyber mosque in fabled Timbuktu, vowing to destroy all World Heritage sites in the region. Armed with hoes, ...

The Islamists controlling northern Mali on Tuesday destroyed two tombs at the ancient Djingareyber mosque in fabled Timbuktu, vowing to destroy all World Heritage sites in the region. Armed with ...

The last time I'd visited Timbuktu, in 1995, there were only three ways to get there: a three-day journey upriver by a motorized pirogue, or canoe, from the trading town of Mopti; a chartered ...

The remaining 15 were held captive in a nearly impenetrable wasteland of arid canyons and cliffs inside Mali, several hundred miles ... We pass Timbuktu's renowned Djingareyber Mosque, ...

Timbuktu’s origins can be traced back to the 1100s when a clan of Tuareg, ... Several doors of Timbuktu’s Sidi Yahya mosque, ... Some were sealed inside the mud-brick walls of homes; ...

A man prays inside the Sankore mosque in Timbuktu, Mali. The city is now in the hands of rebels who have proclaimed it part of an independent Tuareg state, Azawad.

The Islamists controlling northern Mali on Tuesday destroyed two tombs at the ancient Djingareyber mosque in fabled Timbuktu, vowing to destroy all World Heritage sites in the region. AIRLINK 62. ...