List of mosques in Syria

This is a list of mosques in Syria.

Name Images City Year (CE) Remarks
al-Shuaibiyah Mosque Aleppo 637 Believed to be one of the oldest mosques in the Levant
Umayyad Mosque Damascus 715 The National mosque of Syria, It is considered to be the oldest mosque still in use in its original form. It includes a shrine of John the Baptist (Yahya)
Great Mosque of Aleppo Aleppo 715 Shrine of Zechariah, father of John the Baptist. The mosque and its minaret were partially destroyed in April 2013, during the Syrian Civil War
Al-Omari Mosque Bosra 721 Substantially destroyed during the Syrian civil war, c. 2012
Great Mosque of Raqqa Raqqa 772 In partial ruins since c. 2010s
Great Mosque of Hama Hama 8th century Destroyed during the 1982 Hama massacre and reconstructed in 2001
al-Nuqtah Mosque Aleppo 944
Great Mosque of al-Nuri Homs 1129
Nur al-Din Mosque Hama 1172
Al-Qaiqan Mosque Aleppo 12th century
Great Mosque of Maarat al-Numan Maarat al-Numan (Idlib) 12th century Partially destroyed during the 2016 Battle of Maarat al-Numan
Hanabila Mosque Damascus 1210 Believed to be a miniature version of the Umayyad Mosque
Aqsab Mosque Damascus 1234
Great Mosque of Sarmin Sarmin 1259 Significantly damaged in October 2023, during the Syrian civil war
Yalbugha Mosque Damascus 1264 Repurposed for profane use in the 19th century; demolished in 1974; rebuilt on the same location in 2014
Mahmandar Mosque Aleppo 1303 Minaret was damaged in 2012, during the Battle of Aleppo
Mosque of Prophet Huri Cyrrhus 1314 Established during the Mamluk period around a historic Roman-period hexagonal tower tomb. Damaged in conflicts in 2018 and restored in 2020
Altun Bogha Mosque Aleppo 1318
Abu'l-Fida Mosque Hama 1327 Mausoleum completed in 1327; the mosque during the Mamluk era
Al-Tawashi Mosque Aleppo 1348
Bahsita Mosque Aleppo 1350
Al-Sahibiyah Mosque Aleppo 1350
al-Otrush Mosque Aleppo 1408
Al-Saffahiyah Mosque Aleppo 1425
Salimiyya Takiyya Damascus 1519 Sufi takiyya
Khusruwiyah Mosque Aleppo 1547 The mosque was entirely destroyed during the Battle of Aleppo in August 2014
Sulaymaniyya Takiyya Damascus 1559 Sufi takiyya
Al-Adiliyah Mosque Aleppo 1566 The mosque was almost entirely destroyed during the Battle of Aleppo in the summer of c. 2015
Murad Pasha Mosque Damascus 1568 Also known as the Naqshbandi Mosque after the Naqshbandi Sufi order.
Darwish Pasha Mosque Damascus 1574
Behramiyah Mosque Aleppo 1583 Ottoman style; rebuilt many times
Sinan Pasha Mosque Damascus 1590 Named after Sinan Pasha
Nabi Habeel Mosque Damascus 1599 Tomb of Abel, son of Prophet Adam
Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque Homs 1912 Preserves the tomb of Khalid ibn al-Walid, one of the most prominent Sahaba
Al-Atassi Mosque Homs 1913 Founded by the Al-Atassi family; completed in the late Ottoman style
Al-Salam Mosque Homs 1980
Tawhid Mosque Aleppo 1981
Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque Damascus 1985 A Twelver Shī‘ah Shrine of Fatimah, the youngest daughter of Husayn ibn Ali
Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque Sayyida Zaynab 1991 A Twelver Shī‘ah shrine of Zaynab bint Ali, her grave's location is debated between this mosque and Cairo's mosque.
Ar-Rahman Mosque Aleppo 1994
Uwais al-Qarni Mosque Raqqa 2003 A Twelver Shī‘ah mosque, Destroyed by the Islamic State on 31 May 2014
Mosque of Sultan Ibrahim Ibn Adham Jableh 785 Contains a tomb dedicated to the Sufi mystic Ibrahim ibn Adham
Al-Iman Mosque Damascus ?
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