Rana Al-Ahmad opens her fridge after breaking fast at sundown with her family during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

MOHAMMAD HILWAN, 20, from the Old City in Damascus, on marook, a sweet bread eaten during Ramadan in Syria. Once a simple loaf, it now comes in a multitude of iterations, some unrecognizable from the ...

Palestinians flocking back to the Yarmouk refugee camp outside Damascus say it’s more than a physical place. It’s their last ...

For Syrians observing Ramadan, this Muslim holy month is their first in their homeland since the end of the Assad family's ...

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 Assad family’s iron-fisted rule, ...

Islamic Heritage sites are distributed all over the world, even in the most unexpected places. Traveling and visiting the ...

ANKARA - Turkey's foreign minister, defence minister and the head of the MIT intelligence agency are in Damascus on a working visit, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, without ...

“We must preserve national unity and civil peace,” he said from a mosque in Damascus, according to video that circulated online. “We call on Syrians to be reassured because the country has ...

(AP Photo/Leo Correa) Israeli Border Police stand guard at the Damascus Gate to the Old City of Jerusalem as worshippers make their way to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday Prayers of ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — In the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, about 90,000 Palestinians prayed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound ... It brings a great reward from God ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Security forces deployed in the Syrian capital Damascus and other major cities on Thursday night after ...

The pilgrimage was celebrated with great pomp and was a source of pride for Damascene Muslims, a testament to their city’s religious prestige. The Umayyad Mosque was a masterpiece of early Islamic ...