A popular site for pilgrims visiting Madinah is the Friday Mosque, known as the place where the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) performed the first Friday prayers after his migration from Makkah.

Al-Aqsa, known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif, has long been a source of tension resulting from frequent raids by Israeli ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Jubilant Syrians crowded the streets and mosques at Friday prayers today to mark the downfall of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. On the Telegram messaging app, rebel ...

Thousands of Syrians flooded the Ummayad Mosque in the Old City on Friday for the first Friday prayers held since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad six days ago. Abu Mohammed Golani, the rebel ...