At least three women were killed, and five children suffered severe fractures, bruises, and fainting during a stampede at the Umayyad Mosque in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Friday afternoon.

There people were killed in a crush at Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital Damascus on Friday, the governor of the city said. "An unfortunate incident occurred today in the Great Umayyad Mosque as a ...

Three women were killed and several injured, including five children, in a stampede at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus Friday, the Syrian civil defense force known as the White Helmets said in a ...

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At least three women were killed and five children injured in a stampede in the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Friday, the Syrian civil defence said. The children suffered fractures ...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani visits the eighth-century Umayyad Mosque in the old city of Damascus Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (2nd L) visits the eighth-century Umayyad ...

Tajani earlier toured the landmark Umayyad mosque in Damascus. "It's a great pleasure... to be here this morning to visit and pay homage to all Syrian believers," he told AFP at the mosque ...