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 ...

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Damascus, SANA-Amidst the trees in the garden of National Museum in Damascus, young Farouk Saies presented new models of the minarets of the Umayyad Mosque. This project, titled "The Fortress Game ...

An aerial picture shows people gathering in the Umayyad Mosque courtyard after the morning prayer on the first day of Eid Al Fitr, in Damascus on March 31, 2025. AFP ...

Muslim worshippers pray during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Friday March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki) ...

The Umayyad Mosque is also distinguished by being the first mosque in which the mihrab and the apse appeared as a result of the building style that was the former Church of John the Baptist. As ...

The Umayyad Mosque is also distinguished by being the first mosque in which the mihrab and the apse appeared as a result of the building style that was the former Church of John the Baptist.

A tragic stampede at the renowned Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital, Damascus, on Friday resulted in the deaths of three individuals, according to Go ...

A stampede at the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital on Friday killed four people, a Damascus health official told state media. "Damascus Health Director Dr Mohammed Akram Maatouq ...

DUBAI - At least three women were killed and five children injured in a stampede at the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Jan 10, the Syrian civil defence said. The children suffered ...