The city is exhausted by war, but during my first visit since the fall of the old regime, a sense of optimism prevailed ...

Flights to Damascus from the UAE and Saudi Arabia are set to resume after more than a decade, amid a cautious reopening of ...

A guide to the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque’s architectural marvels As US President Donald Trump prepares to visit the UAE, the mosque continues to stand as a beacon of spirituality, cultural ...

Accompanied by Syria's leading Muslim clerics, the 81-year-old pope entered Sunday the landmark Great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, which contains the supposed tomb of St. John the Baptist.

In his first public appearance since fighters entered the Damascus suburbs Saturday, al-Golani visited the sprawling Umayyad Mosque and called Assad's fall “a victory to the Islamic nation.” ...

“It’s so beautiful,” Trump, clad in stocking feet as a mark of respect, told reporters inside the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. “This is an incredible culture.” President Trump listens to ...

What sparked the controversy was that Carole Samaha entered the mosque in Cairo, Egypt while wearing a cross, taking into consideration that her husband is Muslim while she is a Christian Lebanese.

On 25 April, Aboubakar Cisse was executed in cold blood inside a mosque in southern France. In the days after, following political pressure, French MPs held a minute of silence for Aboubakar. However, ...

At the Umayyad Mosque speech on December 8, Al Sharaa was seen wearing a khaki shirt and trousers. During his meeting with President Trump on Wednesday Al Sharaa wore a Western business suit.

Trump, wearing socks and no shoes, walked through the biggest mosque in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday evening, the third day of his trip to the Middle East.