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

where the mosque is located, date mostly from the medieval period. They include market stalls, a few mosques and churches, and small houses built and rebuilt on top of each other over the ages.

Dozens of worshippers gathered amidst the crumbled walls and drooping ceiling of a mosque in the southern ... on Syria during a landmark visit to Damascus, the first since Islamist rebels ...

With none of the crowds but much of the mystique of Jordan's magnificent Petra facades, Hegra in Saudi Arabia is the place ...

In 1990, when the angle passed five degrees, and the top of the tower was fifteen feet ... when the medieval traveller Ibn Battuta visited the Great Mosque of al-Nuri, in Mosul, he wrote that ...

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 ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - On a wintry night in Damascus, hundreds of people packed into a courtyard in the Old City, dancing and ...

Damascus SANA- Step through the ancient gates of Damascus Old City, and you’ll find yourself transported to a time of bustling caravans, exotic spices, and the vibrant hum of international trade ...

In Damascus again after a hiatus of nearly eight years, I decided to see what remained of the city’s once flourishing Jewish community. The dictator was gone. The new Islamist rulers had yet to ...

DAMASCUS, Syria - The number of fuel vendors on the streets of Damascus has recently surged dramatically. They sell various types of benzene and kerosene, serving as an alternative to traditional ...

DAMASCUS, Va. (WDBJ ... while there is still a lot of cleanup to be done around the town, it’s been great to see the community band together to help one another. “People have come together ...