The last Jews of Damascus: A journey through memory and ruins
Inside Syria's ancient capital, a lone Jewish guardian watches over abandoned properties while Islamist rulers patrol the ...
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The Utopia of Water and Greenery: Ancient City of Damascus
Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle ... The city has some 125 monuments from different periods of its history - one of the most spectacular is the ...
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Syria accuses Israel of stealing valuable artifacts from ancient Damascus synagogoue
(JTA) — Syria has accused Israel of stealing ancient and valuable Jewish artifacts from a historic synagogue near Damascus ... JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century.
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Builders of the Past: The Middle East’s Architectural Pioneers
By Islam Salah The Middle East is home to some of the most remarkable architectural achievements in history. From the ...
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Syria's Assad flees to Russia as rebels take Damascus
The 11-day offensive that toppled Assad "is a victory for the entire Islamic nation," HTS leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani said at Damascus' ancient Umayyad Mosque. Assad's "supposedly indomitable ...
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Celebrating Assad regime’s fall, Jews remaining in Syria calls on Syrian Jewish émigrés to visit
In an interview with The Media Line, Bakhour Chamntoub, a Jewish resident of Damascus, described the history of Syria ... families lived in Syria since ancient times and those whose families ...
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French, German foreign ministers meet Syria’s de facto rulers
The French and German foreign ministers have met Syria’s new de facto rulers in Damascus ... and love and references to “Gods” in ancient history courses. On governance, al-Sharaa recently ...