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'Syria freed!': thousands cheer at famed Damascus mosque
Thousands of jubilant Syrians converged on Damascus's landmark Umayyad Mosque for Friday prayers, waving opposition flags and chanting -- a sight unimaginable a week ago before rebels ousted ...
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Tracing the history behind the great Umayyad mosque of Damascus
Jubayr spent a month in Damascus, lodging in the Dar al-Hadith ("house of religious tradition") just west of the great Umayyad mosque. This institution no longer exists and in fact much of the ...
Al-Julani calls for a commission of inquiry into mass executions of Alawites – report
Survivors have shared harrowing accounts of the violence, describing scenes of mass executions and widespread destruction.
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Four dead after crowd crush at Umayyad Mosque in Damascus
Four people were killed and sixteen injured in a crush at Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital Damascus on Friday, Damascus Health Director Dr Mohammed Akram Maatouq told the state-run Sana news agency.
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Architectural teams continue restoration works of Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo
Aleppo, SANA- With great attention paid to details, restoration works of the Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo continued after the destruction it went through at the hands of Takfiri terrorists.
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Minarets of Umayyad Mosque …Architecture masterpieces which rise up in Damascus sky
The construction of the Umayyad Mosque began in 705 AD by al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik. The Umayyad Mosque is also distinguished by being the first mosque in which the mihrab and the apse appeared as ...