Introduction: A day in the life of Damascus -- Palimpsests in stone and layered texts: the multiple histories of the Umayyad Mosque -- Tangled memories: the temple, church, and first mosque -- The ...

ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - The remains of the medieval Umayyad Mosque's felled minaret lie in its once-elegant courtyard along with discarded mattresses, fragments of rockets and antique doors, but, ...

Syria reopened the historic Great Umayyad Mosque in the northern city of Aleppo on Thursday, 13 years after it was put out of service following extensive damage during the country's civil war. Aleppo ...

French President Emmanuel Macron visited the historic Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on 7 July alongside Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa. The footage shows the two leaders walking through the mosque, ...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 16 (ANI/WAM): With the support of Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak (Mother of the Nation), Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and ...

Soar over Syria’s timeless capital in this evocative drone footage of Damascus. The journey begins with the magnificent Umayyad Mosque, one of the largest and oldest in the world; witness its ...

Aleppo, Oct. 9 (SANA) Aleppo’s historic Umayyad Mosque reopened on Thursday after the completion of restoration and rehabilitation works, in the presence of ministers, officials and religious scholars ...

The minaret of a landmark 12th century mosque in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo was destroyed yesterday, leaving the once-soaring stone tower a pile of rubble and twisted metal scattered in the ...