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 ...

DAMASCUS — If there is a verbal expression of heartache, Rabbi Yusuf Hamra uttered it as he stepped inside the Faranj synagogue in the Syrian capital last week. It was the last place he had said ...

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 ...

Israel's defense ministry said Saturday the military has been instructed to prepare to defend a Druze settlement in the suburbs of Damascus, asserting that the minority it has vowed to protect was ...