A group of Jews who left Syria decades ago wants sanctions relief for a government with former ties to Al Qaeda, despite ...

evidence of its presence in Damascus is extremely rare. This photograph provides testimony that the Jewish community of Damascus, while preserving its rich traditions, sought to provide its ...

The world remains blind to the historical reality of Jewish persecution in Arab lands. While Israel embraces diversity, its ...

Syria’s Jewish community is one of the world’s oldest, dating its history back to the prophet Elijah’s time in Damascus nearly 3,000 years ago. It once had been one of the world’s largest ...

The Eagles of Antioch is a group of volunteers who stand watch over Christian neighborhoods in Damascus, protecting shrines, icons and churches from vandalism and attacks in post-Assad Syria.

which they say are hindering the restoration of some of the world’s oldest synagogues and the rebuilding of Syria's Jewish community. Henry Hamra, who fled Damascus in the 1990s, expressed his ...