From the early morning hours, crowds of men, women and children flocked to pray at Damascus's historic Umayyad Mosque for Eid ...

Eid al-Fitr in Syria was charged with newfound joy this year, as thousands freely celebrated the holiday for the first time ...

Turkey has replaced Russia as the dominant power in Syria, a prominent expert tells JNS. The post Turkey’s expansionism in Syria creates new challenges for Israel appeared first on JNS.org.

Damascus] For the first time in more than five decades, Syrians are observing the holy month of Ramadan without the rule of ...

Sahar Diab had visited Damascus’ famed Umayyad Mosque previously. But as the Syrian lawyer went there to pray during her country’s first Ramadan after the end of the Assad family’s iron-fisted rule, ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Sahar Diab had visited Damascus’ famed Umayyad Mosque previously. But as the Syrian lawyer went there ...

The rally in Damascus's Umayyad Square was the first in the capital after years of repression under Assad, during which the square was the sole preserve of the ousted president's supporters.

A poster reading “15/3/2025, same date but we are now victorious” was carried by a man at Damascus’ Umayyad Square as helicopter gunships dropped flowers on those gathered. Until recently ...

(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed) A Muslim worshipper prays on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Saturday March 1, 2025.(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki) ...

Syrian army helicopters drop confetti and leaflets on people celebrating the fourteenth anniversary of the uprising at a rally in Damascus' Umayyad Square. The rally is the first in the capital ...