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'Syria freed!': thousands cheer at famed Damascus mosque
Thousands of jubilant Syrians converged on Damascus's landmark Umayyad Mosque for Friday prayers, waving opposition flags and chanting -- a sight unimaginable a week ago before rebels ousted ...
A country too dangerous to visit is one I can’t wait to return to
As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...
Canada Eases Sanctions On Syria Amid Political Transition
The Canadian government on Wednesday announced plans to ease sanctions on Syria during what it called a period of transition.
Al-Julani calls for a commission of inquiry into mass executions of Alawites – report
Survivors have shared harrowing accounts of the violence, describing scenes of mass executions and widespread destruction.
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Minarets of Umayyad Mosque …Architecture masterpieces which rise up in Damascus sky
The construction of the Umayyad Mosque began in 705 AD by al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik. The Umayyad Mosque is also distinguished by being the first mosque in which the mihrab and the apse appeared as ...
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Muawiya: The Ramadan series about an early Islamic ruler that’s causing a stir
Show portraying life of first Umayyad caliph banned in Iraq over sectarian tension fears and criticised in Egypt over ...
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Is Saudi Arabia distorting Islamic history with "Mo'aweyah"?
A television series about the life of the Umayyad caliph, Muawiya, titled "Mo'awey," which was banned in Iraq due to the ...
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The First Test for Syria’s Transition Will Be the Economy
Rebuilding Syria will take years and billions of dollars. The first step is stabilizing the economy and improving the living ...