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

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In one place, the only undamaged thing was a signpost saying: “Welcome to the Umayyad Mosque”. Inside, the tomb of the Prophet Zakariah has been encased behind a high wall built while it was in rebel ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Sahar Diab had visited Damascus’ famed Umayyad Mosque previously. But as the Syrian lawyer went there to pray during her country’s first Ramadan after the end of the ...

Ukraine drone strikes attack deep inside Russia Today in History ... rid of Assad-era “corruption and bribery.” At the Umayyad Mosque, the rituals were age-old: A woman fingering a prayer ...

A stampede at the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital on Friday killed four people, a Damascus health official told state media. "Damascus Health Director Dr Mohammed Akram Maatouq ...

“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 ...

1 Cars are left charred inside a dealership in the aftermath ... 3 A crowd gathers outside the Umayyad Mosque during the distribution of free meals after Friday prayers in Damascus, Syria.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani visited the Umayyad Mosque in Syria’s capital Damascus. Tajani was guided by local authorities during his visit to the mosque. Syrian Foreign Minister ...

Jan 10 (Reuters) - Four people were killed and 16 injured in a stampede in the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Friday, the Syrian state news agency (SANA) said. Five children suffered ...

At least three women died and five children suffered severe fractures and bruises on Friday in a stampede at the Umayyad Mosque in the Syrian capital, Damascus while attempting to get free meals ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Thousands of worshipers crammed into the marble esplanade of Umayyad Mosque in Syria’s capital ... that caused mirrors and glass inside his house to shake.