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 ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — For more than a decade, Syria was synonymous with war, brutality and the family dynasty visiting this ... told NBC News in Damascus’ Umayyad Square, which has become a ...

and allies ended over half a century of unchecked rule by the Assad dynasty. Ostaz said she left her house for the first time since the offensive began to go shopping in central Damascus on Tuesday.

(MENAFN) A tragic stampede at the renowned Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital, Damascus, on Friday resulted in the deaths of three individuals, according to Governor Maher Marwan. The governor ...

In the early sixties, Syrian artists made a monument of the Damascene Sword in the Umayyad Square in central Damascus as a symbol of the power of the city. The monument had two large contrasting ...

The demonstrators gathered in Damascus' Umayyad Square, carrying banners that read, "Those who committed chemical massacres are the same as the murderers responsible for mass graves," and "There ...

Umayyad Square in Damascus hummed to the throngs of people ... Such a sight -- the symbol of the Syrian people's uprising against the Assad dynasty's iron-fisted rule -- was unthinkable a month ...

Syrians gathered in the iconic Umayyad Square in Damascus to protest against the presence of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in eastern Syria on ...

Thousands of Syrians rallied on the streets of Damascus in support of the new government and the fall of Bashar Assad's regime. The crowds gathered at Umayyad Square waving the new regime's flag and ...

(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 fractures ...

People celebrate the New Year near Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria - Copyright AFP ANWAR AMRO People celebrate the New Year near Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria ...