Sectarian violence has erupted again in Syria, raising fresh doubt on the ability of the new Islamist rulers to control armed ...

In his later years, Vital relocated to Damascus, where he lived until his death in 1620. His burial site has long been revered as a Jewish holy site, although today almost no Jews remain in Syria ...

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an Islamis organisation that grew out of al-Qaeda’s Syria branch, captured power in Damascus in December. HTS leader Abu Mohammad al Golani, now known as Ahmed al-Sharaa ...

Unknown individuals broke into the Jewish cemetery in Damascus on Wednesday night and desecrated the grave of Rabbi Chaim Vital, a leading kabbalist and leading student of Ha’Ari Hakadosh ...

When a delegation of US Jews visited Syria at the invitation of the interim government in February, one of their stops was to a small shrine in a corner of Damascus’s Jewish cemetery.

Jewish leaders around the world expressed outrage this weekend after the tomb of Rabbi Chaim Vital, a major figure in Jewish history and mysticism, was desecrated in Damascus, Syria. The Alliance ...

“Top Gun: Maverick” filmmaker Joseph Kosinski is set to direct a “Miami Vice” remake for Universal Pictures. Dan Gilroy (“Nightcrawler,” “The Bourne Legacy”) is adapting the screenpla ...

Big Apple officials crushed nearly 3,600 illegal guns in a wood-chipper-like machine on Thursday – with the scraps to be used to weld a memorial to victims of gun violence. Some 3,575 semi ...

Damascus, SANA-For the first time, Damascus University has been included in the Asian countries classification of the British Times Rankings, making it the first Syrian university to achieve the ...

The jury pool in the Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial could be asked about their views on sex with multiple partners, drugs and hip-hop, among other topics. Proposed questions for the voir dire ...

DAMASCUS, Va. (WJHL) -A Virginia area that was devastated by Hurricane Helene is still finding hope in its recovery efforts. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin was in Damascus on Thursday for the ...

Syria on Thursday welcomed the United Kingdom’s announcement of lifting restrictions on 12 Syrian entities. In a statement, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said it “welcomes the UK’s recent ...