Last Friday (February 14, 2025), the Umayyad Mosque, one of Damascus’ most iconic landmarks, witnessed yet another historic moment. One of Syria’s most esteemed scholars, Sheikh Muhammad Mujir ...

Renovation efforts continue at the historic Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, the capital of Syria, following the fall of the Assad ...

The Umayyad Mosque is also distinguished by being the first mosque in which the mihrab and the apse appeared as a result of the building style that was the former Church of John the Baptist. As for ...

A bronze buck from the Umayyad era sold for £4.2 million ($5.4 million) at a Sotheby’s auction dedicated to artworks from the Islamic world and India. The eighth-century sculpture surpassed its ...

Four people were killed and sixteen injured in a crush at Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital Damascus on Friday, Damascus Health Director Dr Mohammed Akram Maatouq told the state-run Sana news agency.