Standing before a cheering crowd in Damascus’ historic Umayyad Mosque ... When Syria’s vicious civil war erupted in 2011, Abu ...

Under the leadership of Caliph Hazrat Abu Bakr and Hazrat Khalid bin Walid ... At the same time, the Umayyad caliphs made Damascus their capital. Apart from this, the Umayyad rulers had built ...

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that US Special Forces killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the founder and leader of the Islamic State, during a raid in the Idlib province of Syria on Saturday.

Damascus (AFP) – Syrians gathered on Saturday to commemorate the 14th anniversary of their uprising with a public demonstration in Damascus for the first time since president Bashar al-Assad was ...

The rally in Damascus's Umayyad Square was the first in the capital after years of repression under Assad, during which the square was the sole preserve of the ousted president's supporters.