Damascus leaders explore potential impacts following ordinance change
A zoning ordinance change in the town of Damascus has left some satisfied with the outcome and others concerned about the ...
Rare document sheds light on the Damascus Blood Libel, 185 years later
The document, titled "Persecutions Against the Jews of Damascus ," was published in Paris in the same year and sold for 1 ...
In Syria, Comedians Explore a Stage With No Limits. For Now.
Comics had already been trying to foster stand-up in Syria before Bashar al-Assad’s fall. Now, they are telling jokes in a ...
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Syrian Jews return to Damascus for 1st time in 30 years
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 ...
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Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence
QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — In the city of Qamishli in northeast Syria, revelers took to the streets after the announcement of a breakthrough deal between the central government in Damascus and local ...
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After decades in exile, Syria's Jews visit Damascus
For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the heart of Syria's capital Damascus, carefully passing their thumbs over the ...