According to an Anadolu reporter, a large number of Muslims attended the weekly Friday prayers in congregation at the Umayyad Mosque, which is the largest mosque in Damascus. Since the fall of ...

The son of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad posted about his family’s final days in Damascus before the rebel takeover ...

In a centuries-old monastery on a rocky hill north of Damascus, friends of missing Italian priest Paolo Dall'Oglio carry on his legacy, hopeful Bashar al-Assad's ouster might help reveal the Jesuit's ...

Jason Savage denies a single count of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist acts on or before 14 March last year A Muslim convert threatened to "flatten" a mosque, plotted to attack an ...

At a recent Friday service in a mosque in an upmarket part of Damascus, the ambassadors of ... The new justice minister has talked of imposing Islamic law. Female judges fear losing their jobs.

A Muslim convert has been found guilty of preparing for terrorist acts after threatening to “flatten” a mosque and plotting to attack an Islamic cleric who was an outspoken critic of terrorism.

A Muslim convert threatened to "flatten" a mosque, plotted to attack an Islamic cleric who was an outspoken critic of terrorism and researched potential military and police targets, a jury heard.