Although the Umayyads only ruled Damascus for 90 years, their great mosque remained ... The room where he lodged is still identified and marked by a gold plaque on the inside of the western wall ...

The Great Mosque of Bani Umayyah in Damascus is considered the fourth most famous Islamic mosque, one of the most luxurious Islamic mosques, and one of the seven wonders of Islam in the world.

The Islamic State is believed to be behind a deadly suicide bombing that happened at a Greek Orthodox church in Syria on ...

Damascus, SANA-The Great Mosque of Bani Umayyah in Damascus is considered the fourth most famous Islamic mosque, one of the most luxurious Islamic mosques, and one of the seven wonders of Islam in ...

Four people were killed and sixteen injured in a crush at Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital Damascus on Friday, Damascus ...

Accompanied by Syria's leading Muslim clerics, the 81-year-old pope entered Sunday the landmark Great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, which contains the supposed tomb of St. John the Baptist.

Al-Walīd I, the caliph who built the Umayyad Mosque circa A.D. 715, famously proclaimed: “People of Damascus, four things give you a marked superiority over the rest of the world: your climate ...

At the iconic Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Friday, Syrian caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir called on Syrians to seek justice without revenge after the government’s collapse.

The metropolis houses the famed Terracotta Army Museum, the seventh-century Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, the colossal Drum and Bell towers, and the 1,300-year-old Great Mosque of Xi’an.

The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, is one of the oldest and largest mosques in the world, located in the heart of the old city of Damascus. It is situated at the heart ...

At the historic Umayyad Mosque in the heart of Damascus, a red, white, black and green flag flies. On the other side of the ...

Four people were killed and 16 injured in a stampede in the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Friday, the Syrian state news agency (SANA) said. Five children suffered fractures, ...