Like many Syrians, I'd only ever known the country under the rule of Assad and his father Hafez, who had been in power from ...

Thousands of Syrians converged on a landmark Damascus mosque for Friday prayers, waving opposition flags and chanting -- a sight unimaginable just days ago before rebels ousted president Bashar al ...

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

The Great Mosque of Xi'an, China Next stop: the Great Mosque of Xi'an aka the mosque that throws every "what-a-mosque-should-look-like" idea out the window. Built back in 742 AD during the Tang ...

Flood waters from Helene completely devastated the Damascus Diner and after more than six months of rebuilding, they are now back open for business. We’re just a hometown diner, we opened up in ...

Police have invoked the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) section for “terrorist act” against two men arrested in the case of blast at a mosque in ...

Syria’s ousted dictator, Bashar al-Assad, unleashed a Sarin gas strike on the suburbs of Damascus in 2013 ... Men attending early morning prayers at a mosque were among the first victims.

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.

Though great strides have been made in gaining ... been reports of men distributing flyers on buses and in Umayyad Mosque in Damascus asking women to wear full-faced veils. In Christian ...

GRANADA HILLS, Calif. – Former Arkansas men’s tennis great Ron Hightower was one of 20 members recently inducted into the CIF Los Angeles City Section Hall of Fame as part of the 2025 class.

She said the preliminary section of the mosque was built in the Saffarid era during the 3rd century AH. It had changed during Seljuk era. Brick and plaster decorations and an inscription were added to ...