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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After the collapse of the Assad regime, Syrians are working to preserve their country's heritage
Local and international experts are filling a government void, and have begun the process of mapping and assessing sites ...
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Restoration of ancient Palmyra bas-reliefs begins in Syria’s Damascus
Experts from the National Museum of Damascus have begun restoration of ancient Palmyra bas-reliefs ... when the Syrian army freed the city and transported all these parts to the museum.
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Visiting the market in the old city of Damascus, once inaccessible to many Syrians
A visit to the souk in the old city in the Syrian capital of Damascus tell us a lot about the state of the country's current economy. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an independent ...
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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. In an official complaint filed with the United Nations Security ...
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Celebrating Assad regime’s fall, Jews remaining in Syria calls on Syrian Jewish émigrés to visit
Bukhoor Shamantoub, a Jewish resident of Damascus (photo credit ... launched in 1981 to redevelop the area of one of the city’s ancient walls. Only in 1992 were Jews allowed to leave Syria.