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In this Friday, April 4, 2014 file photo, Mohamed Maouloud Ould Mohamed, a mausoleum caretaker, prays at a damaged tomb in Timbuktu, Mali. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed, File)
August 17, 2017, 5:25 pm
Mali ex-jihadist liable for Timbuktu destruction, ICC says
Court says Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi caused $3 million in damage to fabled shrines
By AFP
Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, right, a Malian Islamic extremist who pleaded guilty to destruction of historic mausoleums in Timbuktu, enters the court room to hear the verdict of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, September 27, 2016. (Bas Czerwinski POOL via AP)
September 27, 2016, 3:50 pm
Muslim radical convicted in destruction of ancient Timbuktu
Landmark ruling finds schoolteacher-turned-‘morality brigade’ leader guilty of destruction of ‘idolatrous’ buildings in Mali
By AP
Alleged Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist leader Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, center, looks on during an appearance at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, August 22, 2016. (AFP/ANP/Patrick post)
August 22, 2016, 11:46 pm
Malian jihadist says sorry for destroying ancient Timbuktu
Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi pleads guilty at international court to destruction of world heritage sites, could face 30 years in prison
By Jan Hennop and JO BIDDLE
Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi waits in the courtroom for his initial appearance at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. September 30, 2015 (AP Photo/Robin van Lonkhuijsen, Pool, File)
August 22, 2016, 12:32 am
Trial begins for Islamic radical accused of destroying Timbuktu relics
Swift conviction at the ICC expected for Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, who could face up to 30 years’ imprisonment
By Mike Corder
Destroyed ruins at the ancient archaeological site in Palmyra, Syria, on Sunday, August 23, 2015. (courtesy)
October 18, 2015, 5:03 am
UN peacekeepers to guard heritage sites from Islamic State
Spurred by destruction in Palmyra, UNESCO okays Italian plan to charge Blue Helmets with protecting sites in danger zones
By AFP
People work on the reconstruction of the mausoleums in the Three Saints cemetery on April 8, 2015 in Timbuktu, northern Mali. (Photo credit: AFP/SEBASTIEN RIEUSSEC)
April 14, 2015, 8:09 am
Timbuktu rebuilds mausoleums destroyed by Islamists
UNESCO estimates al-Qaeda-linked militants wrecked over a dozen of the fabled 15th and 16th century shrines
By Serge Daniel
A French soldier holds the launch tube of an SA-7 surface-to-air missile before its destruction in Timbuktu, northern Mali, on March 29, 2013. (photo credit: AP/ECPAD, Olivier Debes)
June 11, 2013, 8:37 pm
Al-Qaeda may possess feared surface-to-air missiles
Training manual on how to use weapon found in Timbuktu; same missile was fired at a plane carrying 271 Israelis from Kenya in 2002
By Rukmini Callimachi
French legionnaires exit a military plane at Bamako airport, Mali (photo credit: AP/Jeremy Lempin)
March 31, 2013, 4:48 am
One injured in Mali suicide attack
Second bombing in a month targets French forces in Timbuktu
Palestinian calligraphy expert Qassem Sartawe, 22, prepares ink to be used for calligraphy works in the West Bank town of Bedya, near Nablus. (photo credit: AP/Bernat Armangue)
From the WebFebruary 19, 2013, 6:32 am
Mali’s last master calligrapher
Boubacar Sadek fled Timbuktu with his ancient manuscripts when al-Qaeda militants took over last year, PRI’s The World reports
Illustrative 2005 photo of the Sankore Mosque, an important learning center in Timbuktu, which dates from the early 14th century. (photo credit: CC BY upyernoz/Flickr)
January 28, 2013, 5:12 pm
In Mali, Islamists torch ancient library as French move in
Timbuktu’s mayor says historic archives burned and ‘all the important ancient manuscripts’ lost
By Carley Petesch and Krista Larson
July 2, 2012, 2:49 am
Islamist rebels persist in destruction of heritage sites in Mali
‘We’re going to destroy everything before we apply Shariah in this city,’ says rebel spokesman
The Timbuktu Mud Mosque in Mali, West Africa. (photo credit: CC-BY 2.0, by emilio labrador, Flickr)
June 30, 2012, 2:03 pm
Mali: Islamists attack Timbuktu heritage sites
Local man says Islamists are destroying saints’ tombs with shovels
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