Written in graffiti across the mosque wall is a sad plea for calm: "No and a thousand no's to sectarian strife." Beginning as an Arab Spring protest movement, Syria's civil war has taken on a ...

After prayers, outside the mosque, they talked about Mahmoud Khalil, the pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead Gaza protests at Columbia University. Khalil, born in Syria, had a U.S. green card ...

President Bashar al-Assad's forces on Saturday destroyed the Omari mosque in the southern city of Daraa where Syria's uprising erupted two years ago, opposition activists said on Sunday ...