Several different denominations and sects of Islam are practiced within Syria, who collectively constitute approximately 87% of the population and form a majority in most of the districts of the count
The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.
The Great Mosque of Aleppo was built by the Umayyads.
The Great Mosque of Maarrat al-Numan is a 12th-century Ayyubid-era mosque.
The Nabi Habeel Mosque is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque.
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north and northwe
Islam in Syria
…Several different denominations and sects of Islam are practiced within Syria, who collectively constitute approximately 87% of the population and form a majority in most of the districts of the country. The Sunni Muslims make…
Reconstructed sculpture of a bird from Tell Halaf
Ishqi-Mari, king of the Second Kingdom of Mari, circa 2300 BC
Antioch in Syria became the capital of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire in 240 BC