From the early morning hours, crowds of men, women and children flocked to pray at Damascus's historic Umayyad Mosque for Eid — Bakr ALKASEM Eid al-Fitr in Syria was charged with newfound joy this ...

NPR's Jane Arraf has more from Damascus. JANE ARRAF, BYLINE: Syria's president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, spoke at predawn prayers at a mosque on Sunday, urging peace. A grainy cellphone video seems to be ...

Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa has told worshippers in a mosque in Damascus that the violence gripping parts of the country was a “challenge”, but that “national unity and ...