List of mosques in Syria

This is a list of mosques in Syria.

Name Images City Year Denomination Remarks
Great Mosque of Aleppo Aleppo 715 Sunni Shrine of Zechariah, father of John the Baptist
Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque Damascus 682 Shi'ah Shrine of Zaynab bint Ali
Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque Damascus 1985 Shi‘ah Shrine of Fatimah, the youngest daughter of Husayn ibn Ali
Sulaymaniyya Takiyya Mosque Damascus 1554 Sunni
Nabi Habeel Mosque Damascus 1599 Shi‘ah Tomb of Abel, son of Prophet Adam
Umayyad Mosque Damascus 715 Sunni National mosque. Shrine of John the Baptist (Yahya)]]
Sinan Pasha Mosque Damascus 1590 Sunni Named after Sinan Pasha
Aqsab Mosque Damascus 1234 Sunni
Darwish Pasha Mosque Damascus 1574 Sunni
Nur al-Din Mosque Hama 1172 Sunni
Khalid Ibn Al-Walid Mosque Homs 1908 Sunni Islam Preserves the tomb of Khalid ibn al-Walid, one of the most prominent Sahaba.
Mosque of Sultan Ibrahim Ibn Adham Jableh ? Sunni Contains a tomb dedicated to the Sufi mystic Ibrahim ibn Adham.
Al-Nouri Mosque Homs 1129 Sunni
Mosque of Prophet Huri Cyrrhus 1314 Sunni Established during the Mamluk period around a historic Roman-period hexagonal tower tomb. Damaged in conflicts in 2018 but restored in 2020.

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