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 ...

As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...

The Canadian government on Wednesday announced plans to ease sanctions on Syria during what it called a period of transition.

Survivors have shared harrowing accounts of the violence, describing scenes of mass executions and widespread destruction.

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 ...

Show portraying life of first Umayyad caliph banned in Iraq over sectarian tension fears and criticised in Egypt over ...

A television series about the life of the Umayyad caliph, Muawiya, titled "Mo'awey," which was banned in Iraq due to the ...

Rebuilding Syria will take years and billions of dollars. The first step is stabilizing the economy and improving the living ...