Mammoth concrete apartment buildings line the main motorway running west out of Damascus, relics of a Soviet-style economy ...

From space, Mecca appears as a city of light and contrast, with winding roads threading through rugged mountains. The radiant Great Mosque of Mecca and the Kaaba stand at its heart, a spiritual beacon ...

The kingdom’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was once shunned in diplomatic circles. Now he is playing an ...

There’s also an entire house that once stood in Damascus, Syria. There are archaeological finds ... an impressive riding ...

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The Great Seal of the Realm is the chief seal of the Crown, used to show the monarch's approval of important State documents. In today's constitutional monarchy, the Sovereign acts on the advice of ...

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Workers have completed the installation of two minarets at the top of one of Blackburn’s biggest mosque projects in recent years. The new mosque, in Preston New Road, will act as a place of worship ...

“It is a head turner. This mosque has elaborate Chinese architectural features inspired by the Great Mosque of Xi’an in China,” he said, adding that Xi’an was the capital of Shaanxi provinc ...

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To applause, percussionist Bahjat Antaki took the stage with Syria's national symphony orchestra, marking the first classical concert at the Damascus opera house since president Bashar al-Assad ...

Some view it as a necessary step toward stability ... By structuring Syria’s future around the factions that physically seized Damascus—rather than engaging the full spectrum of Syrian society—Sharaa ...