“A tragedy occurred, with three women dead and five children suffering severe fractures, bruises, and fainting in an initial toll following a stampede inside the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus ...

the al-Umayyad Mosque. Sponsor Message People pushed past each other, jostling for space, all trying to make their way to the mosque's courtyard and it was so packed, most didn't make it inside.

At the historic Umayyad Mosque in the heart of Damascus ... I swear to God, we are inside Hama city, we are inside Aleppo city,” a fighter cheered as he filmed himself by a local landmark ...

protesters would often gather at Umayyad Square. Now, fighters and civilians gathered to listen, many stepping inside the sweeping mosque for the first time ever. Raghab, 22, a student ...

At least three women were killed and five children injured in a stampede in the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Friday, the Syrian civil defense said. The children suffered fractures ...