A group of Syrian Jews recently visited Damascus for the first time in over 30 years, Reuters reported. Rabbi Joseph Hamra, 77, and his son Henry, 48, visited a synagogue in the Syrian capital and ...

By Alissa J. Rubin Reporting from the Faysh Khabur border crossing between Iraq and Syria In the Syrian capital, Damascus, the country’s new leader has hosted a national unity conference and ...

For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the heart of Syria's capital Damascus, carefully passing their thumbs over the ...

The group said it was coordinating the defections of senior officials in Damascus and had “completed arrangements” with intelligence chiefs to control the capital. Neither claim could be verified.