SYRIA. Damascus. December 13, 2024.

People gather in the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque for the first Friday prayer service since the fall of the Assad regime. The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, is one of the most significant and oldest surviving monumental mosques in the world. Located in the heart of the old city of Damascus, Syria, it is a masterpiece of early Islamic architecture and holds immense religious, historical, and cultural importance.