NNA - Lebanon's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian stood atop Mount Qasioun, gazing over the Syrian capital—a city he had not entered before the fall of the Assad regime. His presence ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to terminate U.S. sanctions against Syria in a massive step toward ...

NNA - Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa and Lebanon’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdel Latif Derian had an hour-long meeting at the People’s Palace in Damascus on Saturday. Derian&rsqu ...

The Union asserted that what happened in the Great Umayyad Mosque is part of the repeated attacks on Islamic Sanctities according to a methodical plan by Israel and its protector the United States.

In our guides to the classics, experts explain key literary works. Ibn Battuta, was born in Tangier, Morocco, on February 24, ...

Celebrations in the capital Damascus residents prayed in mosques and celebrated in squares, calling, “God is great.” People chanted anti-Assad slogans and honked car horns.

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

No one comes to Syria without visiting the Umayyad Mosque as their first stop in Damascus.” Working hand-in-hand with the Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums and the Ministry of Islamic ...

Millions of black-clad Shiite Muslims gathered across Iran and other countries on Saturday to mark Tasu’a, the day before the ...

The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, the oldest surviving stone mosque, was built between 705 and 715 CE by Umayyad Caliph al-Walid I [Photo courtesy of HAND] The maintenance plan was a much-needed ...