US envoy to Syria Thomas Barrack warned Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa that the country needs to recalibrate its policies, ...

The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus is one of the oldest continuously used religious sites in the world. The mosque we see today was built in 705 CE by the Umayyad caliph al-Walid on top of a ...

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Violence in Syria's Druze province has triggered Israeli military action, complicating relations with Turkey and creating a ...

Each year, the thick, porridge-like soup is made in a large, communal pot with sometimes dozens of cooks taking part in the ...

More than 15 people were killed and dozens injured in Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida in the latest bout of sectarian clashes between Druze gunmen and Bedouin Sunni tribes, witnesses said ...

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Over the last 24 hours, southern Syria has seen a sharp escalation in violence involving Syrian government forces, local ...

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al-Sulamī was also a grammarian who taught in the Umayyad Mosque of Damascus. His Kitāb al-Jihād (Book of Jihād) published in ...

In effect, Netanyahu has been strutting around the globe on the strength and assurance of the United States of America (USA), which is not just supplying the most modern and sophisticated arms, ...