Damascus, SANA-The Great Mosque of Bani Umayyah in Damascus is ... from which the square minaret model spread to all parts of Syria, North Africa and Andalusia.

But almost, 200 years earlier, the great Abu Hamid al-Ghazali himself spent time here as a sweeper during his spiritual crisis. The entryway to Ghazali's room in Damascus, Syria (Zirrar/MEE ...

The three-starred flag of Syrian independence has been re-adopted as the new national banner after the overthrown of Assad's regime — Omar HAJ KADOUR Thousands of jubilant Syrians converged on ...