At least three women were killed and five children injured in a stampede in the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Friday, the Syrian civil defence said.

The Al-Watan newspaper said the crush happened during the distribution of free meals by a social media personality ...

There people were killed in a crush at Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital Damascus on Friday, the governor of the city said. "An unfortunate incident occurred today in the Great Umayyad Mosque as a ...

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