The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, is one of the oldest and largest mosques in the world, located in the heart of the old city of Damascus. It is situated at the heart ...

Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle ... periods of its history – one of the most spectacular is the 8th-century Great Mosque of the Umayyads, built ...

Four people were killed and sixteen injured in a crush at Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital Damascus on Friday ... incident ...

Located on the slopes below the castle of Divriği, Sivas Province in central eastern Turkey, the Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği is a remarkable building combining a monumental hypostyle mosque ...

Security forces stand guard at the Great Mosque of Damascus, one of the oldest Muslim houses of worship in the world. It is also called the Umayyad Mosque after the dynasty that first built it.

Damascus, SANA- President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday morning performed Eid al-Adha holiday Prayer at al-Afram Mosque in Damascus. President al-Assad was accompanied in the prayer by the Minister of ...

A group of sheikhs call for the prayer during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Friday March 7, 2025.(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki) ...

At the Umayyad Mosque, the rituals were age-old ... “The situation is foggy,” said Damascus resident Wassim Bassimah. “Of course, there’s great joy that we’ve gotten rid of the cancer we had, but ...