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The Umayyad Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الأموي, romanized: al-Jāmiʿ al-Umawī), also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of Damascus, the capital of Syria, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. Its religious importance stems from the eschatological reports concerning the mosque and historic ...
Watch live as Damascus residents pray at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on the first Friday (13 December) after rebels ousted Bashar al-Assad's regime. Syrians are celebrating the demise of Assad ...
Watch live as Damascus residents pray at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on the first Friday (13 December) after rebels ousted Bashar al-Assad's regime. ... Syrians return to destroyed town. Friday ...
The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus is a key religious site in the region. - Oguz Yeter/Anadolu/Getty Images. ... ISIS destroyed the temples in 2014, but now they’re being rebuilt. Palmyra is the ...
Old city of Damascus (World Heritage Site) [1] Medieval buildings in the Ancient City of Aleppo (World Heritage Site) [1] [5] Al-Madina Souq in Aleppo, world's largest covered historic market, destroyed and burnt by fire. [6] Great Mosque of Aleppo, damaged during a Syrian rebel offensive. Wall destroyed by Rocket-propelled grenades. [7]
People celebrate the fall of Damascus at the Umayyad mosque (December 2024) Thousands of Syrians assembled at the main square of Damascus, chanting "freedom". Jubilation occurred across the city following an announcement by the Syrian rebels claiming President Bashar al-Assad's rule had ended. [3]
At the historic Umayyad Mosque in the heart of Damascus, a red, white, black and green flag flies. On the other side of the Syrian capital, former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s palace burns.
Syrians celebrate the fall of Assad at the Umayyad mosque, 14 December 2024. Damascus witnessed public celebrations, particularly in the symbolic Umayyad Square, traditionally a centre of government authority housing the by-then evacuated Ministry of Defence and Syrian Armed Forces headquarters. Civilians gathered around abandoned military ...