The son of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad posted about his family’s final days in Damascus before the rebel takeover ...

President Trump has already shaken up the Middle East by suggesting a U.S. takeover of Gaza. More drama could be on the way ...

In the vast stone courtyard at the 8th century Umayyad Mosque, Syrian lawyer Ahmed Kassab offers a message intended for Trump. "Syria is exhausted from 14 years of war. We don't want any more wars.

As the de facto ruler of Damascus, HTS has attempted to rebrand itself as a moderate group capable of governance, seeking to distance itself from its history of extremism and terrorism. However, Syria ...

“I went immediately to the Umayyad Mosque when I first arrived in Damascus to attend Friday prayers, close to where the revolution’s first demonstration happened. I missed attending the prayer, but ...

There was a fearful stink in the ministry of information last week when a HTS-Uzbek fighter guarding Damascus’s main Umayyad mosque made some, it would be fair to say, unguarded comments about ...

The Umayyad era was a critical period in the development ... including the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and the Great Mosque of Damascus (pictured here). Both buildings were constructed on ...

The Umayyad Mosque in the Old City of Damascus is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. (Photo by Vyacheslav Argenberg / CC BY 4.0) A video has circulated widely on Syrian networks ...

The Umayyad Caliphate was the second caliphate established after ... including the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and the Great Mosque of Damascus (pictured here). Both buildings were constructed on ...