Although the Umayyads only ruled Damascus for 90 years, their great mosque remained unchanged for ... wonderful in Islam for its beauty and rare art". The Persian historian, Ibn al-Faqih ...

Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle ... periods of its history - one of the most spectacular is the 8th-century Great Mosque of the Umayyads, built ...

Four people were killed and sixteen injured in a crush at Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital Damascus on Friday ... incident occurred today in the Great Umayyad Mosque as a result of a stampede ...