At the Umayyad Mosque, the rituals were age-old ... “The situation is foggy,” said Damascus resident Wassim Bassimah. “Of ...

Like many Syrians, I'd only ever known the country under the rule of Assad and his father Hafez, who had been in power from ...

Security forces stand guard at the Great Mosque of Damascus, one of the oldest Muslim houses of worship in the world. It is also called the Umayyad Mosque after the dynasty that first built it.

At the Umayyad Mosque, the rituals were age ... “The situation is foggy,” said Damascus resident Wassim Bassimah. “Of course, there’s great joy that we’ve gotten rid of the cancer ...

Sahar Diab had visited Damascus’ famed Umayyad Mosque previously ... The speaker, often interrupted by loud chants of “God is great,” railed against Assad and hailed the uprising against ...

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.”- Blaise Pascal Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime ...

For decades, the small sultanate of Oman has lured travelers with its deep ties to tradition and its tranquil desert quarter.

Rifai, born in 1944 in Damascus, publicly expressed support for the Syrian opposition in 2011 and was subsequently beaten by Syrian security forces when they attacked the mosque where he was ...

Türkiye and Iraq have come a long way to agree upon the security risk posed by the PKK terrorist group to the two neighbors, ...

Tiny Syrian community in Ethiopia embraces spirit of Ramadan, offering meals to those in need. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Images of old Damascus and Aleppo adorn the walls of a modest restaurant tucked ...