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 ...

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

For Syrians observing Ramadan, this Muslim holy month is their first in their homeland since the end of the Assad family's ...

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, ...

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) ...