This Ramadan, Syrians marked the 14th anniversary of the start of their country’s civil war. The conflict began as one of ...

Flowers fell from a Syrian army helicopter on Saturday, strewn over Damascus alongside scraps of paper with messages of ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Thousands of Syrians poured into the streets and public squares on Saturday to mark the 14th ...

US President Donald Trump has paused military aid to Ukraine following his clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy last week, a White House official said, deepening the fissure that has ...

The first two episodes of Muawiya, an eponymous 30-part Ramadan series about the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad dynasty, aired over the weekend. The show, produced by Saudi Arabia-owned ...

Muawiya is a contentious figure in Islamic history. As the founder of the Umayyad dynasty, he fought against Ali ibn Abi Talib, the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law and the fourth caliph of Islam.

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Anti-Israel protesters who display the flag of terror groups such as Hamas or Hezbollah could face up to four years behind bars under a new state bill. The proposed ...

Cuts to the Department of Education are hitting national student assessments even as sirens blare on student test scores. The 17-year-old long-term National Assessment of Educational Progress ...

The series highlights the story of Muawiya I, the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, which is considered the point of contention between Sunni and Shia Muslims. The Senior Scholars ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect more accurate information on where the flags were hung. DENVER (KDVR) — Hundreds peacefully protested the impacts to the National Park ...

It is therefore difficult to assert that the rulers of the Umayyad dynasty in Damascus were Muslims, as this may be a retroactive invention of the Abbasid dynasty in Baghdad. One of the first ...