From the early morning hours, crowds of men, women and children flocked to pray at Damascus's historic Umayyad Mosque for Eid ...

Eid al-Fitr in Syria was charged with newfound joy this year, as thousands freely celebrated the holiday for the first time ...

Damascus] For the first time in more than five decades, Syrians are observing the holy month of Ramadan without the rule of ...

For Syrians observing Ramadan, this Muslim holy month is their first in their homeland since the end of the Assad family's ...

Sahar Diab had visited Damascus’ famed Umayyad Mosque previously. But as the Syrian lawyer went there to pray during her country’s first Ramadan after the end of the Assad family’s iron-fisted rule, ...

“15/3/2025 same date but we are now victorious,” read a poster carried by a man at Damascus' Umayyad Square, as helicopter gunships dropped flowers on the gathering. Up until recently, the helicopters ...

“15/3/2025 same date but we are now victorious,” read a poster carried by a man at Damascus’ Umayyad Square, as helicopter gunships dropped flowers on the gathering. Up until ...

The rally in Damascus's Umayyad Square was the first in the capital after years of repression under Assad, during which the square was the sole preserve of the ousted president's supporters.

The rally in Damascus's Umayyad Square was the first in the capital after years of repression under Assad, during which the square was the sole preserve of the ousted president's supporters.

(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed) A Syrian army helicopter throws flowers and confetti on a group of demonstrators marking the 14th anniversary of the start of the uprising against Bashar Assad’s regime in ...

The demonstration in Damascus’s Umayyad Square is the first in the capital after years of repression under Assad, during which the square was the sole preserve of the ousted president’s ...