About 40,000 worshipers performed Friday prayer at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in light of the strict military measures imposed by the Israeli occupation authorities on access to the mosque, according to the ...

As the de facto ruler of Damascus, HTS has attempted to rebrand itself as a moderate group capable of governance, seeking to distance itself from its history of extremism and terrorism. However, Syria ...

The son of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad posted about his family’s final days in Damascus before the rebel takeover ...

President Trump has already shaken up the Middle East by suggesting a U.S. takeover of Gaza. More drama could be on the way ...

I had resigned myself to the idea that I’d never see my family or my city again.” In Syria, a Bittersweet Return to a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Colorful Ortakoy mosque and Bosphorus Bridge in the background. Istanbul is known for its incredible Ottoman-era (and beyond) architecture and that extends to its mosques and other places of worship.

Replacing old mosques with new versions of older Hindu temples – as a number of court cases in India currently aim to do – does not right old wrongs; it perpetrates new ones. Unless the Supreme Court ...

The Kebbi Government on Thursday said it has awarded the contract for the repairs and renovation of 97 mosques across the 21 Local Government Areas of the state. The State Commissioner for ...

Riyadh, SANA- Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud sent a cable of congratulations to President of the Syrian Arab Republic Mr. Ahmad al-Sharaa on assuming ...

There was a fearful stink in the ministry of information last week when a HTS-Uzbek fighter guarding Damascus’s main Umayyad mosque made some, it would be fair to say, unguarded comments about ...

Western officials visiting Damascus have consistently linked their assistance to a political transition that ensures inclusivity, power-sharing, and respect for human rights. These conditions ...