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 ...
Syria's tiny Jewish community said they held their first group prayer in decades Wednesday, in a synagogue in Damascus's Old City, expressing joy at the long-awaited return to public worship. In the ...
By Khalil Ashawi, Kinda Makieh, Yamam Al Shaar and Tom Perry DAMASCUS (Reuters) - On a wintry night in Damascus, hundreds of people packed into a courtyard in the Old City, dancing and singing during ...
When new rulers with jihadi roots took power in Damascus, artists, singers and dancers held their breath. They can relax, the ...
Some 90,000 Palestinians prayed at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City under tight security by Israeli forces ...
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 ...
Syrian-American Rabbi Youssef Hamra leads the first Jewish group prayer in Syria since the 1990s, in the Ifrange Synagogue in the Jewish quarter of Damascus's Old City. — LOUAI BESHARA Syria's tiny ...
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American Jews who fled Syria ask White House to lift sanctions so they can rebuild in DamascusCopyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rabbi Yusuf Hamra, left, and his son Henry take pictures as they ...
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