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 ...

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

The World Heritage Bureau, at its twentieth session, was informed that the authorities of the Syrian Arab Republic had asked UNESCO to send an expert mission to Damascus to advise them on the ...

Damascus and Baghdad. In the 13th century, under Ferdinand III, the Saint, Cordoba's Great Mosque was turned into a cathedral and new defensive structures, particularly the Alcázar de los Reyes ...

Damascus, SANA-President Bashar al-Assad on Friday performed Eid al-Fitr prayer at late President Hafez al-Assad’s mosque in al-Mezzah neighborhood of Damascus. Endowments’ Minister ...

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 ...

The trip comes after local community leader Bakhour Chamntoub said unknown assailants broke into and desecrated the tomb of a 17th-century rabbi in Damascus last week. Visiting Rabbi Henry Hamra ...