The Umayyad Mosque in the Old City of Damascus is one ... has fragmented over the 14 years of civil war. While Damascus and Aleppo were long important centers of learning, their religious elite ...

Mohamed Khairullah crossed the border into Syria and headed straight to the Rawdah Mosque in Aleppo, the city where ... In the morning, he joined crowds in Umayyad Square, where people rallied ...

Syrians chant slogans and wave the Syrian flag as they gather for Friday prayers at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on ... He is a graduate from Aleppo University who was inspired to help his ...

For Syria’s new caretaker government, the risks are significant. It must tackle mounting challenges to establish stability and prevent a return to civil war or risk plunging the ...

“Not only Christians are persecuted, but also Alawites and supporters of the moderate Sunni regime, including its authoritative leaders,” he said, adding that “terrorists” destroyed the Umayyad Mosque ...

After 45 years of dreaming about returning to Syria, Professor Oussama Khatib, is finally set to revisit his beloved Aleppo. "I left Aleppo many years ago, but it has remained in my heart all ...

People took to the streets in Damascus, Homs, Aleppo and Idlib to celebrate the announcement of the Gaza ceasefire. Celebrants gathered in the capital’s main Umayyad Square, amid fireworks and the ...

Back at the beginning of Aleppo offensive, he issued “ recommendations to ... The venue of his speech was highly symbolic: the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, one of the most important mosques in the Arab ...

Those sharing it claimed that this was a mosque in California, which remained safe from the wildfire. One person shared the photo on Facebook, writing, “This is the power of Allah Almighty. Allah ...

Ibrahim Kalin, the director of Turkey’s intelligence agency, appeared in Damascus and was photographed praying in its famous Umayyad mosque ... businessmen flew to Aleppo seeking lucrative ...

Gaziantep carpet makers in southeastern Türkiye have started working to renovate the carpets of the historical Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. After the fall of the Assad regime, as life begins to ...

A Muslim convert threatened to "flatten" a mosque, plotted to attack an Islamic cleric who was an outspoken critic of terrorism and researched potential military and police targets, a jury heard.