This Ramadan, Syrians marked the 14th anniversary of the start of their country’s civil war. The conflict began as one of ...

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

The group has now named one of its own, Mohammad al-Bashir, as interim prime minister in a post-war transitional government until March 1. On Friday he addressed worshippers at the Umayyad Mosque. ...

Thousands of Syrians gathered at the Umayyad Mosque to celebrate the end of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. WSJ’s Ben C. Solomon reports from Damascus as questions linger about what the future holds.

DAMASCUS, Syria — Thousands of worshipers crammed into the marble esplanade of Umayyad Mosque in Syria’s capital for the first Friday prayers since the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad.

The newly installed interim prime minister delivered the sermon at the Umayyad Mosque, declaring that a new era of “freedom, dignity and justice” was dawning for Syria. The gatherings ...

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

“Bashar al-Assad spread sectarianism, and today our country belongs to us all,” he told followers at the Umayyad Mosque in central Damascus.

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 in which the mihrab and the apse appeared as ...

Aleppo, SANA- With great attention paid to details, restoration works of the Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo continued after the destruction it went through at the hands of Takfiri terrorists.

Outside, the remains of the Roman temple of Jupiter lead into the Umayyad Mosque, one of the oldest in the world. The nearby Citadel hosts the tomb of Saladin, one of the most iconic fighters ...

Sahar Diab had visited Damascus’ famed Umayyad Mosque previously. But as the Syrian lawyer went there to pray during her ...