After the decades away, Yusuf Hamra’s former Christian neighbors in the old city of Damascus recognized him on his trip back last month and stopped to embrace him, and share gossip on old ...

Damage inside a historic synagogue complex in Damascus' old Jewish quarter ... But in the end, two of the surviving Jewish residents of the city did not attend. Two other young Syrian Jews ...

A scrap dealer had reportedly handled an unexploded munition in an attempt to recover the metal. Read more at ...

and his son Henry lookout an old scripture at the Efranj synagogue in the old city of Damascus Feb. 18, 2025. The Syrian-American Jewish family returned for the first time since emigrating from ...

FILE - Rabbi Yusuf Hamra, left, and his son Henry take pictures as they visit the Al-Raqi synagogue in the old city of Damascus Feb. 18, 2025. The Syrian-American Jewish family returned for the ...