A social media chef announced a free banquet at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, leading to a deadly stampede as thousands of ...

A packed concert hall in Damascus came alive this week with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the Syrian uprising, performed in celebration of “Syria’s victory.” ...

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Three women were killed and several injured, including five children, in a stampede at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus Friday, ...

Damascus: A stampede at the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital on Friday killed four people, a Damascus health ...

A stampede at the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital on Friday killed four people, a Damascus health official told state media.

There people were killed in a crush at Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital Damascus on Friday, the governor of the city said. "An unfortunate incident occurred today in the Great Umayyad Mosque as a ...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani met Syria's new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus Friday, state media said, in the ...

The death toll from Israel's war on Gaza has passed 46,000, with a new study saying it could be at least 40 percent higher ...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani began his first official visit to post-Assad Syria on Friday with a tour of the ...

fearing retaliation from Islamists who had just taken control of Syria. “The next day, no one came to pray,” recalls Father Ghazal. “There is great fear among the population,” he admits ...

Syrian Armenians and other Christians face a situation of uncertainty after the Sunni Islamist organization Hayat Tahrir ...