When Mosques Rise and Services Collapse

When Mosques Rise and Services Collapse

In late April 2026, Syria’s Minister of Awqaf, Muhammad Abu al-Khair Shukri, stood beside the Governor of Deir ez-Zor to lay the foundation stone for what is intended to become the country’s largest mosque. The structure will occupy nearly fifteen thousand square meters in the city’s central park, a plot owned by the Awqaf, and will be financed by a private donor who has also pledged to rehabilitate the surrounding grounds. The announcement invi…