Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi visits the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus accompanied by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaybani, according to a statement from his media ministry, al-Zaidi held the prayer in the campus of the mosque, and was then briefed on the historical monuments of this Islamic monument. He also wrote a word in the visitor's book in the treasury dome in the courtyard of the mosque. Al-Zaidi also donated a sum of money from his personal account to contribute to the demands and needs of the mosque.