a moderate Muslim cleric known for having opposed now ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad, as the country's grand mufti. "Today, this position is held by one of the finest scholars" in Syria, Sharaa said ...

After 14 years of brutality under former president Bashar al-Assad ... the song "I am an Arab Muslim," which surged in popularity post-Assad. It glorifies the Umayyad Caliphate, invoking battles ...

March 8 (UPI) --More than 1,000 have died since Thursday amid fighting between Syrian government forces and supporters of former President Bashar al-Assad ... than other Muslim religious ...

a Muslim cleric known for supporting the opposition to former president Bashar al-Assad, as the country’s grand mufti, the chief religious legal authority who issues advisories on the Islamic ...

as thousands freely celebrated the holiday for the first time after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. From the early morning hours, crowds of men, women and children flocked to pray at Damascus's historic ...