The Umayyad Mosque is Islam’s earliest great mosque and ranks in holiness below those of Mecca and Medina. As befits Damascus ... government redevelopment plans, may threaten some of the ...

The engineer has already commenced work on this project since 2017 and expects the mosque to be completed within 2-3 years, with plans of new decorative stonework and framework made from local and ...

Francis Bedford (1815–94), courtyard façade of the Great Mosque of Damascus, 1862 ... moments in its history are still visible in the plan and ornament of the mosque. George’s argument ...

In this photo released on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, his wife Asma (C) and their children Zein, left, Karim, right, and Hafez walk ...