This Ramadan, Syrians marked the 14th anniversary of the start of their country’s civil war. The conflict began as one of ...

At the Umayyad Mosque, the rituals were age-old ... The speaker, often interrupted by loud chants of “God is great,” railed against Assad and hailed the uprising against him.

Sahar Diab had visited Damascus’ famed Umayyad Mosque previously. But as the Syrian lawyer went there to pray during her ...