Following the incident, The Agency of the General Presidency for the affairs of the Prophet's Mosque said that it was found that the two women had entered the Prophet's Mosque by mistake.

Jubayr spent a month in Damascus ... of the mosque features colourful mosaics (Zirrar/AFP) Only a few of the original mosaics have survived. One example is the central space above the women's ...

Thousands of jubilant Syrians converged on Damascus ... women and children to pose with their assault rifles for celebratory photos, as relieved citizens milled around the square before the mosque ...

DAMASCUS, 25 February (BelTA - SANA) - The Great Mosque of Bani Umayyah in Damascus is considered the fourth most famous Islamic mosque, one of the most luxurious Islamic mosques, and one of the ...