Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa was born in October 1982 in Saudi Arabia, where he spent the first seven years of his life. In a rare ...

I went to Halbouni Mosque, near the historic center of Damascus, for Tarawih prayers. The streets were pitch dark, as the city experiences frequent power cuts at night. When I arrived, I found the ...

Survivors have shared harrowing accounts of the violence, describing scenes of mass executions and widespread destruction.

DAMASCUS, Syria—Shoppers have long been coming to ... Outside, the remains of the Roman temple of Jupiter lead into the Umayyad Mosque, one of the oldest in the world. The nearby Citadel hosts ...

Some restaurants and coffee shops in Syria were closed during the day as observant Muslims began fasting during the holy ...

Muslims in the Middle East are observing the holy month of Ramadan under exceptional circumstances. Ramadan is seen as a time ...

Forces loyal to Syria’s dictator Bashar al-Assad had ... Then, cameras still in tow, Sharaa went to the city’s historic Umayyad mosque to announce that, after 14 years of war, Assad’s ...