This year, after Assad’s ouster in a lightning rebel offensive led by Sunni Islamist insurgents, the Shiite neighborhoods of Damascus were subdued. The hotels that were once brimming with religious ...

The 58-year-old simply lifts up his shirt — revealing a huge vertical ... Bakkar describes being wounded 10 years ago in an attack on his east Damascus neighborhood, and how he was rescued by the ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Shiite pilgrims from Syria and abroad used to flock to the Sayyida Zeinab shrine outside of Damascus every year to commemorate Ashoura, a solemn day marking the 7th-century… ...

Shiite worshippers pray at the shrine of al-Sayydah Zeinab, the grand daughter of Prophet Mohammed, where they attend Ashoura ritual, south of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, July 3, 2025.

DAMASCUS, Syria — Shiite pilgrims from Syria and abroad used to flock to the Sayyida Zeinab shrine outside of Damascus every year to commemorate Ashoura, a solemn day marking the 7th-century ...

Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria’s former President Bashar Assad July 6, 2025 at 1:19 a.m. EDT 2 minutes ago ...