It was first built as a church, but later was transformed into a mosque, later a museum and recently declared as a mosque. Construction work had begun upon an order by the Byzantine emperor ...

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“I was sending food and medicine to Ghouta,” says her husband, Anas al-Nesmeh, 45, in the courtyard of the iconic Umayyad Mosque. Ghouta is a suburb of Damascus that supported the uprising ...

Located in the capital city and also known as the Umayyad Mosque, it’s one of the largest and oldest ... such as the opulent Winter Palace and Hermitage Museum (pictured), were inscribed by UNESCO in ...

FeatureThousands of Syrians took to the streets of the capital to celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad after 13 years of deadly fighting. On the esplanade of the Umayyad Mosque, in the heart of ...

Their names are etched on every library, museum, and theatre ... attending Friday prayer inside the seventh century Umayyad mosque in Damascus, Syria, last night. Picture: Omar Sanadiki/AP ...

Rebel fighters pose as they hold a Syrian opposition flag at the Umayyad Mosque, after rebels seized the capital and ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria December 9, 2024.

Interim prime minister Mohammed al-Bashir addressed a large congregation at Damascus's landmark Umayyad Mosque. Thousands flocked to the mosque, some raising the three-star Syrian independence ...

At the iconic Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Friday, Syrian caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir called on Syrians to seek justice without revenge after the government’s collapse.

Families with children mixed with armed and uniformed Islamist fighters to celebrate the first Friday prayers since Assad's overthrow. Thousands of jubilant Syrians converged on Damascus's ...

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.

1 A rose is placed at the tip of the barrel of an assault rifle held by a Syrian rebel fighter before the first weekly Muslim Friday prayers since the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad at the ...