Astronaut Captures Breathtaking View of Mecca From Space
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 ...
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From Damascus suburb to presidential palace: Ahmad Al Shara's past offers rare insight into his outlook
Mammoth concrete apartment buildings line the main motorway running west out of Damascus, relics of a Soviet-style economy ...
What to Know About the Saudi Crown Prince’s Role in Global Diplomacy
The kingdom’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was once shunned in diplomatic circles. Now he is playing an ...
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Why there’s a huge collection of vintage cars stored in the middle of the desert
There’s also an entire house that once stood in Damascus, Syria. There are archaeological finds ... an impressive riding ...
Forget the Petra of Indiana Jones fame, Saudi Arabia’s Hegra is a must-see alternative to Jordan’s attraction
With none of the crowds but much of the mystique of Jordan's magnificent Petra facades, Hegra in Saudi Arabia is the place ...
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Great Seal of the Realm
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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‘Eye-catching’ minarets installed at top of Blackburn Mosque
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 ...
The Victoria Advocate17d
At Damascus opera house, hopes for a better future
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 ...
syrianobserver17d
The View From Damascus – Sharaa’s Speech: Between Aspirations and Unanswered Questions
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 ...
The New York Times19d
Russia, Seeking to Salvage Military Bases, Goes Hat in Hand to Syria
The arrival of the first top Russian diplomat in Damascus since Bashar al-Assad’s fall kicks off negotiations over the fate of Moscow’s bases in Syria. By Paul Sonne and Christina Goldbaum ...
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The view from Damascus, Copenhagen and Basel
Monocle’s Middle East correspondent, Leila Molana-Allen, tells Andrew Mueller about her trip to Syria and what’s next for the country post-Assad. Then: Chris Cermak looks at Germany’s immigration vote ...
The Daily Telegraph23d
The anti-corruption radio DJ who defied Assad
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 was not an issue of great weight in itself ...