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 one thing holding Syria together now is Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has taken on the near-impossible job of teaching his people ...

Shara, guarantees individual freedoms but gives Mr. al-Shara abundant power and keeps Islamic law as its legal foundation.

A flag adopted by the new Syrian rulers in the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria. The Canadian government on Wednesday announced plans to ease sanctions on Syria during what it called a period of ...

The Umayyad Mosque is also distinguished by being the ... from which the square minaret model spread to all parts of Syria, North Africa and Andalusia.

Syria kept a central role for Islamic law in a constitutional declaration issued on Thursday which guarantees women’s rights and freedom of expression during a five-year transitional period ...

DAMASCUS, Syria—Shoppers have long been coming to ... Outside, the remains of the Roman temple of Jupiter lead into the Umayyad Mosque, one of the oldest in the world. The nearby Citadel hosts ...

Umayyad Mosque at sunset – a Christian basilica ... With each new twist in Syria’s tragedy – the popular uprising a year later, its violent suppression, the destruction of Aleppo, and ...

He delivered a sermon at the Zain al-Abidin mosque in Damascus, titled “Beware the Wrath of the People of Bilad al-Sham.” The speech, dated March 7 on YouTube, called for Syria to be ...