After the fall of the Assad regime, Syrians grasp for answers and a path to restoration under new president Ahmed al-Sharaa.

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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that Sheikh Omar Houri, from the Al-Midan neighborhood and imam of the Musab bin Umair Mosque in the Baramkeh neighborhood, was killed in Damascus ...

They included some jailed at the notorious Sednaya prison outside Damascus, where his Office documented violations “for years”. The UN rights chief described prisoners telling him that “early in the ...

A Muslim convert threatened to "flatten" a mosque, plotted to attack an Islamic cleric who was an outspoken critic of terrorism and researched potential military and police targets, a jury heard.

The transitional phase offers an opportunity to reshape the country’s political landscape, but success will depend on the ability to navigate societal mistrust, institutional weaknesses, and competing ...

At least three women were killed, and five children suffered severe fractures, bruises, and fainting during a stampede at the Umayyad Mosque in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Friday afternoon.

Four people were killed and several others injured in an apparent crowd crush outside Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, when large crowds gathered for free meals being handed out by a well-known chef.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A packed concert hall in Damascus on Wednesday came alive with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer ...

Intelligence officials in Syria's new de facto government thwarted a plan by the ISIS group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab, state media reported Saturday ...

A stampede at the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital on Friday (Jan 10) killed three people, the governor of Damascus said. The crush "during a civilian event at the mosque... resulted in the ...