However, the magnificent Umayyad mosque still stands, revealing more about the city's history and its rulers. We went to Damascus, to trace Ibn Jubayr’s journey, and explore the areas he documented.

Sunday Take a cab to the National Museum, tel: (963-11) 222 8566, and feast your eyes on 4,000-year-old Phoenician glass, 2,000-year-old textiles, 2nd century frescoes and a tiny stone tablet with ...

"This is a region of great conflict but also of great history," said David Miliband in Damascus last week. Caitlin Fitzsimmons soaks up the ancient capital's history ...

Reason for Designation: The ancient site preserves the architecture, art, and ambience of what may be the world’s oldest city. Even in a land as ancient as the Middle East the city of Damascus ...

The 11th-century minaret of the Great Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo, one of the world's oldest and most important, has been destroyed by shellfire as the Syrian war consumes the country's vast ...

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 ...

Borrowing the model of the palimpsest, George's The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus: ... Francis Bedford (1815–94), courtyard façade of the Great Mosque of Damascus, 1862, albumen print, ...

In Damascus, people stood shoulder to shoulder at one of Syria's holiest sites, the Umayyad Mosque, in the first Friday prayers since Bashar al-Assad was overthrown less than a week ago.

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 mosque, with its famous leaning minaret, is where IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed the creation of a new "caliphate" in 2014.

The mosque, with its famous leaning minaret, is where IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed the creation of a new "caliphate" in 2014.