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.

Thousands of jubilant Syrians converged on Damascus's landmark Umayyad Mosque for Friday prayers, waving opposition flags and chanting -- a sight unimaginable a week ago before rebels ousted ...

A stampede at the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital on Friday killed four people, a Damascus health official told state media. "Damascus Health Director Dr Mohammed Akram Maatouq ...

There people were killed in a crush at Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital Damascus on Friday, the governor of the city said. "An unfortunate incident occurred today in the Great Umayyad Mosque as a ...

Jan 10 (Reuters) - Four people were killed and 16 injured in a stampede in the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Friday, the Syrian state news agency (SANA) said. Five children suffered ...

Jubayr spent a month in Damascus, lodging in the Dar al-Hadith ("house of religious tradition") just west of the great Umayyad mosque. This institution no longer exists and in fact much of the ...

But Syria is not yet prepared for large-scale returns. Host countries must wait until returns can be safe, dignified and ...

As Türkiye and Syria intensify efforts to increase their cooperation in the wake of the Assad regime's collapse, a ...

Assad’s fall in December, prominent Sunni religious leaders returned from exile to counter the dominant Salafist influence, ...

Footage filmed and posted to X by journalist Gareth Browne shows the White Helmets arriving at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus for Jummah prayer on Friday. The White Helmets are a humanitarian ...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani met Syria's new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus Friday, state media said, in the ...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani met Syria's new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus Friday, state media said, in the ...