Although the Umayyads only ruled Damascus for 90 years, their great mosque remained unchanged for ... But he moved the main prayer hall from the middle of the main courtyard - where it had stood ...

Four people were killed and sixteen injured in a crush at Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital Damascus on Friday ... incident occurred today in the Great Umayyad Mosque as a result of a stampede ...

Mohamed Khairullah crossed the border into Syria and headed straight to the Rawdah Mosque in Aleppo ... and prayed under the dome roof over the great hall — the same hall where his grandfather ...

"Damascus Health Director Dr Mohammed Akram Maatouq announced that the final toll from the unfortunate stampede that occurred today in the Great Umayyad Mosque and its surroundings is four dead ...