Palestinian health officials say an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in central Gaza killed at least seven ...

Even with hopes running high, so much can go wrong when a country ousts a longtime dictator and tries to start anew.

US diplomats have arrived in Syria to speak directly to the new Islamist-led rulers, hoping to encourage a moderate, ...

Syrians chant slogans and wave the new Syrian flag as they gather for Friday prayers at the Umayyad mosque in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Syrians chant slogans ...

FeatureThousands of Syrians took to the streets of the capital to celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad after 13 years of deadly fighting. On the esplanade of the Umayyad Mosque, in the heart of ...

Julani’s speech at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus starkly contradicted his interview with CNN. His speech adopted the rhetoric of jihadist groups that disregard nations, prioritizing the ...

DAMASCUS — Exuberant Syrians observed the ... The newly installed interim prime minister delivered the sermon at the Umayyad Mosque, declaring that a new era of “freedom, dignity and justice ...

Damascus mosque sees first Friday prayers after Assad regime toppled View of the exterior of Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on ...

Many of the people who thronged to the Umayyad mosque in celebration delighted ... choking of society,” says a civil servant in the Damascus governorate. “[HTS] has to get to work and organise ...

In only 12 days the opposition in Syria was able to enter the capital Damascus and end over 50 ... the regime in a statement from inside the Umayyad Mosque that Bashar Assad had spread ...