In the age of misinformation, the Damascus Blood Libel sheds light on the harm that can be created by rumors. The first "fake news" of the modern era and its impact on the lives of Damascus Jews ...

A group of Syrian Jews recently visited Damascus for the first time in over 30 years, Reuters reported. Rabbi Joseph Hamra, 77, and his son Henry, 48, visited a synagogue in the Syrian capital and ...

In Damascus again after a hiatus of nearly eight years, I decided to see what remained of the city’s once flourishing Jewish community. The dictator was gone. The new Islamist rulers had yet to ...

NPR's Emily Feng and Jawad Rizkallah went to Damascus to find out more. EMILY FENG, BYLINE: The neighborhood is prosperous, clean-swept streets with stately apartment buildings and spacious balconies.