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DAMASCUS: Four people were killed and 16 others injured in a stampede in the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Friday. Five children suffered fractures, severe bruises and fainting ...

On Friday in Damascus, Tajani visited the Umayyad Mosque, one of the oldest and most imposing in the Muslim world. The site previously housed a Roman pagan temple, which was later transformed into ...

Four people were killed and 16 injured in a stampede in the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Friday, the Syrian state news agency (SANA) said. The crush “during a civilian event at the ...

Stampede Kills Four People, Injures 16 in Umayyad Mosque in Damascus (Reuters) -Four people were killed and 16 injured in a stampede in the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Friday ...

At least three women died and five children suffered severe fractures and bruises on Friday in a stampede at the Umayyad Mosque in the Syrian capital, Damascus while attempting to get free meals ...

Thousands of Syrians rallied on the streets of Damascus in support of the new government and the fall of Bashar Assad's regime. The crowds gathered at Umayyad Square waving the new regime's flag ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Thousands of worshipers crammed into the marble esplanade of Umayyad Mosque in Syria’s capital for the first Friday prayers since the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad.

protesters would turn out en masse after going to the mosque. “Unified Syria to build Syria,” the crowd gathered in Damascus’ Umayyad Square chanted. Some shouted slurs about the former ...