Fewer Than 10 Jews Live in Syria. A Diaspora Is Edging Back.
Émigrés hope the battered country—sometimes a haven, sometimes a persecutor—can again be home under the new government.
Syria's new president meets Chinese envoy for first time since Assad's fall
Syria's new President Ahmed al-Sharaa met China's ambassador to Damascus in the first public engagement between the two ...
Dancing in Damascus: Syrians cling to culture under Islamists' rule
Haddad, feared might be in jeopardy as Islamist rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a group with origins in global ...
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Syria's national dialogue conference is in flux amid pressure for a political transition
A spokesperson for the committee preparing a national dialogue conference in Syria to help chart the country’s future says that it has not been decided whether the conference will take place before or ...
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 ...
2 women an a child among 4 people killed in explosion at a house in northwestern Syria
Syrian first responders say some unexploded ordnance blew up inside a home in the country's northwest, killing four people, ...
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Syrian Jews say held first group prayer in decades in Damascus synagogue
Syria's tiny Jewish community said they held their first group prayer in decades Wednesday, in a synagogue in Damascus's Old ...
Can Abu Mohammad al-Jolani Make Syria Great Again?
Ten years ago, if someone had suggested that Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, could be a ...
Syria arrests 3 men suspected of links to Tadamon massacre in which hundreds were executed
Syrian security forces have arrested three men linked to the 2013 Tadamon massacre, when government forces executed hundreds ...
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UN envoy says creating an inclusive Syrian government could help lift sanctions
DAMASCUS, Syria — Creating an inclusive government in Syria in coming weeks will help determine whether Western sanctions are lifted as the country rebuilds after the ouster of former President ...
New head of Syria’s tiny Jewish community thrives despite uncertainty
Bakhour Chamntoub was recently appointed as the head of Syria’s Jewish community by the new Syrian government of Ahmed ...