The mosque of seven fires: Syria's Umayyad gem enters new era of restoration | The National
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Source: The National (UAE)
Published: 2026-06-13 04:00 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Middle East, Family, World News
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When Syrian preacher Mahmoud Zeidan was growing up in the 1980s, his family used to take him to play at Umayyad Mosque, an architectural masterpiece in the old city centre. Syria is now 18 months into recovery after the fall of Bashar Al Assad.
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