The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, built in A.D. 705 by Caliph Al Walid I on the site of a former Roman Temple of Jupiter and later a Byzantine church, remains one of Islam’s oldest and most significant places of worship, Damascus, Syria, Dec. 5, 2025.

Evening footage from Damascus shows residents returning to bustling markets and street stalls as the war-scarred Syrian capital sought to revive daily life after years of conflict.