The appointment was confirmed five days later at the Great Mosque of Mascara where a proclamation was read calling in deeply religious terms on tribal leaders to join him.

It played a key role in the spread of Islam in the region. 5. The Umayyad Mosque (Damascus, Syria) The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, was completed in 715 CE during the ...

Security forces stand guard at the Great Mosque of Damascus, one of the oldest Muslim houses of worship in the world. It is also called the Umayyad Mosque after the dynasty that first built it.

Ahmed al-Shara, who went by the nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, speaking at a mosque in Damascus ... “Either he is just a great actor or he has a kind of spongelike personality that ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Thousands of Syrians gathered Friday in Damascus’ historic main mosque for the first Muslim ... message Friday congratulating “the great Syrian people for the victory ...

Please do your part today. 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 ...

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 ...

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 for the first ...

Thousands of jubilant people rallied in cities across Syria, including at a landmark mosque in the capital Damascus, to celebrate during the ... "I would like to congratulate the great Syrian people ...

The rebel leader known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani revealed his real name, Ahmed al-Shara, as he addressed a crowd on Monday at a mosque in ... at the end of the day, a great many Syrians who ...

At the historic Umayyad Mosque in the heart of Damascus, a red ... to you from the Syrian news channel the victory of the great Syrian revolution after 13 years of patience and sacrifice.” ...