This is the holiest and oldest mosque in Islam. It surrounds the Kaaba, the sacred structure that Muslims face during prayer. According to Islamic tradition, the Kaaba was built by Prophet Ibrahim ...

Ahmed al-Shara, who went by the nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, speaking at a mosque in Damascus, Syria, in December. Abdulaziz Ketaz/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ...

In this photo released on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, his wife Asma (C) and their children Zein, left, Karim, right, and Hafez walk ...

AL-SHALCHI: "Yes, it's much busier because of people who weren't able to come to Damascus before," he says. Many Syrians fled their homes when the Assad regime clamped down on peaceful protests in ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Thousands of Syrians gathered Friday in Damascus’ historic main mosque for the first Muslim Friday prayers since the downfall of former President Bashar Assad, while giant ...

AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show in Syria, where tens of thousands of people have gathered at the Great Mosque of Damascus for the first Friday prayers since longtime authoritarian President ...

In Syria, tens of thousands of people have gathered at the Great Mosque of Damascus and other cities for the first Friday prayers since longtime authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad was toppled ...

TRANSCRIPT This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show in Syria, where tens of thousands of people have gathered at the Great Mosque of Damascus ...

The Syrian civil war is over, at least for now. But the Biden and Trump administrations both seem keen on shaping the outcome—and U.S. partners are gearing up to invade.

DAMASCUS, Syria — Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad fled to Moscow and received asylum from his longtime ally, Russian media said Sunday, hours after a stunning rebel advance seized control ...

“God is great, Assad the dog has fallen,” he shouted. Yet no amount of euphoria, no wellspring of hope, could make Syrians forget all they had lost.