Thousands of Jews left Syria in 1992, when they were allowed to emigrate. The visit by a small delegation of U.S.-based ...

DAMASCUS — If there is a verbal expression ... benches were piled against walls with peeling paint. A pile of prayer books — some 300 years old — lay moldering under a cream-colored prayer ...

The overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria paved the way for a historic visit, with Syrian Jews returning from the U.S. to Damascus for the first time in three decades, hoping to rebuild community.

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Image: Destroyed Damascus suburbs First ... Consigning it to the history books is going to take some time.

But although Damascus was a Muslim city, its Christian and Jewish populations – totalling perhaps 15 per cent – were significant. Among the city’s Christian residents was Mikhayil Mishaqa, the central ...

For those who follow biblical prophecy, any mention of war in Damascus raises an immediate red flag. The book of Isaiah contains one of the most striking predictions about the fate of this ancient ...