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.

Vendors display traditional pickles and sweets as residents shop for breakfast, known as Iftar, on the first day of Ramadan, ...

DAMASCUS, 25 February (BelTA - SANA ... 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 ...

I went to Halbouni Mosque, near the historic center of Damascus, for Tarawih prayers. The streets were pitch dark, as the city experiences frequent power cuts at night. When I arrived, I found the ...

Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa was born in October 1982 in Saudi Arabia, where he spent the first seven years of his life. In a rare ...

The Canadian government on Wednesday announced plans to ease sanctions on Syria during what it called a period of transition.

is a historical hospital and medical school in Damascus Old City, southwest of the Great Umayyad Mosque It was built in two phases. The Zangid sultan Nur al-Din Zangi erected the main building in ...

In the early sixties, Syrian artists made a monument of the Damascene Sword in the Umayyad Square in central Damascus as a symbol of the power of the city. The monument had two large contrasting ...

ALBAWABA - The restoration of the Damascus Sword monument in Umayyad Square has become a topic of heated debate in Syria after authorities announced the completion of repair work following damage ...

By far the greatest share of its foreign visitors were Muslim pilgrims: thousands passed through Damascus every year on their way to Mecca and Medina. The pilgrimage was celebrated with great pomp and ...