We explore the history behind the great ... Syria (Zirrar/MEE) Up until the construction of the Umayyad Mosque, mosques were mostly flat-roofed and supported by columns but this new mosque in ...

The interim government in Damascus has called for a powerful Kurdish-led militia backed by the United States to disarm and ...

A stampede at the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Syria ... "Damascus Health Director Dr Mohammed Akram Maatouq announced that the final toll from the unfortunate stampede that occurred today in the ...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani began his first official visit to post-Assad Syria on Friday with a tour of the landmark Umayyad mosque in Damascus. "It's a ...

They climb on its roof to chant "God is great ... the mosque wall is a sad plea for calm: "No and a thousand no's to sectarian strife." Beginning as an Arab Spring protest movement, Syria's ...

Syria's Intelligence Directorate foiled ... Sayeda Zeinab is venerated by Shi'ite Muslims and the mosque and shrine 10 kilometers south of Damascus attracts Shi'ite pilgrims from around the ...

and could be an obstacle to encouraging the return of refugees from outside Syria", Shaibani said. Tajani earlier toured the landmark Umayyad mosque in Damascus. "It's a great pleasure ...

But Kuneitra was briefly recaptured and ... Mecca's Great Mosque by a commando of Sunni fundamentalist Islamists. The Aleppo affront prompted the regime to denounce an "imperialist plot," Damascus ...

The U.S. military on Thursday destroyed a mosque in eastern Syria, saying the house of worship was a center of Daesh terrorist operations in the area. The strike was conducted under Operation ...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani visits the eighth-century Umayyad Mosque ... post-Assad Syria on Friday with a tour of the landmark Umayyad mosque in Damascus. “It’s a great pleasure ...