American Jews who fled their Syrian homeland decades ago went to the White House this week to appeal to the Trump administration to lift sanctions on Syria that they say are blocking them from restoring some of the world's oldest synagogues and rebuilding the country's decimated Jewish community.
Damascus, Syria and Israel
Syria security forces disperse rival protests in Damascus
Netanyahu says Israel won't allow Syrian forces 'south of Damascus'
Israel threatens intervention in Syrian capital Damascus due to unrest there
A suburb of Damascus is at the center of the new Syrian government's struggle for control. Now, Israel is threatening to intervene due to unrest there, turning this into an international incident.
Thousands of Jews left Syria in 1992, when they were allowed to emigrate. The visit by a small delegation of U.S.-based Syrian Jewish religious figures last week was their first time back since then.
Trout Days and the DAM 200 motorcycle ride are two events that are scheduled to take place in Damascus later this year to benefit Helene recovery efforts.
DAMASCUS, Syria - In the days after the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, rescue workers began to receive calls about the trail of bodies that his loyalists had left in people’s homes.
Israel’s defense minister says minority Druze in Jaramana a town south of Damascus, were under attack from the new Syrian regime and that he ordered Israeli forces to be poised to help protect them if necessary.
More than 1,000 Syrians died in detention at a military airport on the outskirts of Damascus, killed by execution, torture or maltreatment at a site that was widely feared, according to a report to be published Thursday tracing the deaths to seven suspected grave sites.
DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Fighters loyal to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad mounted a deadly, well-planned attack on government forces on Thursday, authorities said, in some of the worst violence agai
The conflict poses a challenge for the new interim president as he tries to unify Syria and extend his authority over the entire country.
The Israeli army said it struck “military targets in southern Syria, including command centres and multiple sites containing weapons”, without specifying exact locations. Resi
Syrians gathered to celebrate an iftar meal amid the ruins of Qaboun, a neighborhood in Damascus. Christina Cardona. Watch Next
Security forces deployed in the Syrian capital Damascus and other major cities on Thursday night after gunmen ambushed a Syrian police patrol in a coastal town Thursday, leaving at least 13 security members dead and many others wounded,
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