The Ottoman minaret, which is the standard minaret type in Türkiye and across the Balkans as well as being found in the ...

The Canadian government on Wednesday announced plans to ease sanctions on Syria during what it called a period of transition.

As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...

I went to Halbouni Mosque, near the historic center of Damascus, for Tarawih prayers. The streets were pitch dark, as the city experiences frequent power cuts at night. When I arrived, I found the ...

Survivors have shared harrowing accounts of the violence, describing scenes of mass executions and widespread destruction.

Al Joulani, the rebel leader who took over Syria, has had a sulphurous career, to say the least. Today, he tries to appear ...

Rebuilding Syria will take years and billions of dollars. The first step is stabilizing the economy and improving the living ...

Muslims in the Middle East are observing the holy month of Ramadan under exceptional circumstances. Ramadan is seen as a time ...

ALBAWABA - Ramadan 2025 kicked off yesterday with plenty of great series from different categories. However, one Syrian ...

Some restaurants and coffee shops in Syria were closed during the day as observant Muslims began fasting during the holy ...

Erdogan’s son also patrolled in some old neighborhoods of Damascus and around the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus and Turkish ...

The streets of Beirut, Lebanon, were lit up by special decorative lights on Thursday, Feb. 27, to welcome the upcoming holy ...