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Underfoot, the marble floors of the Great Mosque are kept between a cool 22 to 24C by the largest air-conditioning system on the planet. Thousands of misting fans, shaded walkways and water stations ...

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A ceremony at the the Great Mosque of al-Nuri marked the culmination of UNESCO-led restoration efforts in Mosul. UNESCO As ISIS fled Mosul in 2017, the terrorist group left destruction in its wake.

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 ...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani met Syria’s new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus Friday, state media said, in the latest such visit from a ...

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 ...

The market goes right up to the Ummayad Mosque, the largest in Damascus. Rami Badran watches the shoppers walk by. He owns a leather goods store. RAMI BADRAN: (Speaking Arabic).

Raghab, 22, a student, says it is the first time her family had prayed in the mosque because of the oversight of the regime. “I don’t remember a world without war. I grew up in this revolution ...

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 ...