Questions remain about access to the main Islamic congregational mosque in the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem's Old City as Palestinians see the site as essential to their identity.

Raids by Israeli police on the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the most holy Muslim site in Jerusalem, have triggered a spike in violence that continued to spiral in recent days, drawing several regional actors ...

Palestinians inside the Al-Aqsa mosque clash with Israeli security forces at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City Monday, May 10, 2021. Two nighttime views Prayers on May 8.

News about Al Aqsa Mosque (Jerusalem). Commentary and archival information about Al Aqsa Mosque (Jerusalem) from The New York Times.

Al-Aqsa is behind only the mosques in Mecca and Medina - the Kaaba and the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (the Prophet's Mosque) - in terms of its importance in Islam, and is believed to be where the Prophet ...

Al-Aqsa is the name of the silver-domed mosque inside a 35-acre compound referred to as al-Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary, by Muslims, and as the Temple Mount by Jews.

The Masjid al-Aqsa, or simply Al-Aqsa, means “the farthest mosque” or “the farthest sanctuary,” and refers to the lead-domed mosque within the sacred precinct of Haram al-Sharif — “the ...

Thousands of Muslims gather at the Al-Aqsa Mosque for Laylat al-Qad — one of Muslim's holiest nights, in Jerusalem, on April 28, 2022.

Dominating Jerusalem's skyline, the al-Aqsa mosque is the jewel in the crown of the historic Old City. Holding a rich history for Muslims, Jews, and Christians alike, its beauty is both physical ...

History of tensions at al-Aqsa. The al-Aqsa mosque, along with the rest of East Jerusalem and the West Bank, was captured by the Israelis during the 1967 war.

Users speculated that the temple that rose after depicting the destruction of Al-Aqsa Mosque was the Temple of Solomon, a biblical temple built in Jerusalem by King Solomon around 950 B.C.E, ...

In the latest in a series of provocations, Itamar Ben-Gvir agreed that a new synagogue should be built at the site, which Jews call the Temple Mount and Muslims know as the Aqsa Mosque complex. By ...