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Damascus stampede: 3 killed during civilian event at Umayyad Mosque
A stampede at the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital on Friday (Jan 10) killed three people, the governor of Damascus said. Also read | Pakistanis 4 times more likely to be involved in ...
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Syria: Stampede at Damascus mosque kills four, injures 16
"Damascus Health Director Dr Mohammed Akram Maatouq announced that the final toll from the unfortunate stampede that occurred today in the Great Umayyad Mosque and its surroundings is four dead ...
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Architectural teams continue restoration works of Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo
Aleppo, SANA- With great attention paid to details, restoration works of the Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo continued after the destruction it went through at the hands of Takfiri terrorists.
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Tracing the history behind the great Umayyad mosque of Damascus
Jubayr spent a month in Damascus, lodging in the Dar al-Hadith ("house of religious tradition") just west of the great Umayyad mosque. This institution no longer exists and in fact much of the ...
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Minarets of Umayyad Mosque …Architecture masterpieces which rise up in Damascus sky
The construction of the Umayyad Mosque began in 705 AD by al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik. The Umayyad Mosque is also distinguished by being the first mosque in which the mihrab and the apse appeared as ...