List of mosques in Syria

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This is a list of mosques in Syria .

NameImagesCityYear (CE)GroupRemarks
al-Shuaibiyah Mosque Al-Shuaibiyah Mosque Aleppo.jpg Aleppo 637Believed to be one of the oldest mosques in the Levant [1]
Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque Sit Zaynab.JPG Damascus 682TSShrine of Zaynab bint Ali [2]
Great Mosque of Aleppo AleppoGreatMosque.jpg Aleppo 715SuShrine of Zechariah, father of John the Baptist. The mosque and its minaret were partially destroyed in April 2013, during the Syrian Civil War [3]
Umayyad Mosque Umayyad Mosque.jpg Damascus 715Su National mosque. Shrine of John the Baptist (Yahya) [4]
Al-Omari Mosque Mosque of umar, bosra, syria, easter 2004.jpg Bosra 721Substantially destroyed during the Syrian civil war, c.2012 [5]
Great Mosque of Raqqa Raqqa 772In partial ruins since c.2010s
Great Mosque of Hama Hama Great Mosque 4541.jpg Hama 8th centuryDestroyed during the 1982 Hama massacre and reconstructed in 2001 [6]
al-Nuqtah Mosque Al-NuqtahMosque-MainHall.JPG Aleppo 944Sh [7]
Great Mosque of al-Nuri Interior - Al-Nuri Mosque - Hims, Syria.jpg Homs 1129Su
Nur al-Din Mosque Nur al-Din Mosque, Hama 01.jpg Hama 1172Su
Al-Qaiqan Mosque Al Qaiqan-Moschee3.JPG Aleppo 12th century
Great Mosque of Maarat al-Numan Great Mosque of Ma'arrat al-Numan 02.jpg Maarat al-Numan 12th centuryDestroyed during the 2016 Battle of Maarat al-Numan [8]
Hanabila Mosque Damascus 1210Believed to be a miniature version of the Umayyad Mosque [9]
Aqsab Mosque Damascus 1234Su
Yalbugha Mosque 2015-05-08 jm` syf ldyn ylbG.jpg Damascus 1264Repurposed for profane use in the 19th century; demolished in 1974; rebuilt on the same location in 2014 [10]
Mahmandar Mosque Aleppo al-Qadi mosque 0313.jpg Aleppo 1303Minaret was damaged in 2012, during the Battle of Aleppo [11]
Mosque of Prophet Huri NebiHuriMausoleum.jpg Cyrrhus 1314SuEstablished during the Mamluk period around a historic Roman-period hexagonal tower tomb. Damaged in conflicts in 2018 and restored in 2020
Altun Bogha Mosque Altunbogha (5).jpg Aleppo 1318 [12]
Abu'l-Fida Mosque jm` 'by lfd 1.JPG Hama 1327Mausoleum completed in 1327; the mosque during the Mamluk era [13]
Al-Tawashi Mosque Aleppo Al-Tawashi Mosque 0181.jpg Aleppo 1348
Bahsita Mosque Aleppo 1350
Al-Sahibiyah Mosque Khan al-Wazir with Sahibiyah mosque.jpg Aleppo 1350 [14]
al-Otrush Mosque Al-Atroush Mosque, Aleppo.jpg Aleppo 1408 [15]
Al-Saffahiyah Mosque Saffahiyah mosque Alp.jpg Aleppo 1425 [16]
Salimiyya Takiyya Damascus Al- Salihiyah - Mosque and Mausoleum of Skeikh Mohi al- Din or Jamai al- Selemi 4881.jpg Damascus 1519Su Sufi takiyya [17]
Khusruwiyah Mosque Khusruwiyah Mosque, Aleppo.jpg Aleppo 1547The mosque was entirely destroyed during the Battle of Aleppo in August 2014 [18]
Sulaymaniyya Takiyya Takiyya as-Suleimaniyya Mosque 01.jpg Damascus 1559Su Sufi takiyya [19]
Al-Adiliyah Mosque Flickr - Eusebius@Commons - Al-Adiliyah mosque.jpg Aleppo 1566The mosque was almost entirely destroyed during the Battle of Aleppo in the summer of c.2015
Murad Pasha Mosque Damascus-34.jpg Damascus 1568SuAlso known as the Naqshbandi Mosque after the Naqshbandi Sufi order. [20]
Darwish Pasha Mosque Damascus Darwish Pasha Mosque exterior 5353.jpg Damascus 1574Su
Behramiyah Mosque Aleppo Behramiyah Mosque 9142.jpg Aleppo 1583 Ottoman style; rebuilt many times [21]
Sinan Pasha Mosque jm` lsnny@ bb ljby@ dmshq swry.JPG Damascus 1590SuNamed after Sinan Pasha [22]
Nabi Habeel Mosque NabiHabeel01.jpg Damascus 1599ShTomb of Abel, son of Prophet Adam
Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque Khaled Ibn Al-Waleed Mosque.jpg Homs 1912SuPreserves the tomb of Khalid ibn al-Walid, one of the most prominent Sahaba
Al-Atassi Mosque Homs Al Atassi Mosque 1259.jpg Homs 1913Founded by the Al-Atassi family; completed in the late Ottoman style [23]
Al-Salam Mosque Homs 1980
Tawhid Mosque Afbeelding van president Hafiz al-Assad voor de moskee Tahwid - Stichting Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen - TM-20018538.jpg Aleppo 1981
Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque BibiRuqayya03.JPG Damascus 1985TSShrine of Fatimah, the youngest daughter of Husayn ibn Ali [24]
Ar-Rahman Mosque Rahman mosque.jpg Aleppo 1994
Uwais al-Qarni Mosque Raqqa, Moderne Moschee unweit des Bagdhdad Tores (Bab Baghdad) (38651064386).jpg Raqqa 2003TS Destroyed by the Islamic State on 31 May 2014 [25]
Mosque of Sultan Ibrahim Ibn Adham jm` lslTn brhym l'dhm 5.jpg Jableh ?SuContains a tomb dedicated to the Sufi mystic Ibrahim ibn Adham
Group
Su Sunni
Sh Shī‘ah
TS Twelver Shī‘ah

See also

References

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  15. "Jami' al-Utrush". ArchNet.org. n.d. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  16. "Madrasa al-Saffahiyya". ArchNet.org. n.d. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
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  22. "Jami' al-Sinaniyya, Damascus, Syria". ArchNet.org. n.d. Retrieved March 20, 2007.
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