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Damascus’ Mazzeh 86 Neighborhood, Witness of The Two-Assad Era
In the Mazzeh 86 neighborhood, west of the Syrian capital Damascus, the names of many shops, grocery stores, and public ...
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Syria’s dwindling Jewish community can return to one of the world’s oldest synagogues
Jobar, a Damascus suburb that was heavily bombed during ... The Jobar Synagogue, or Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, is one of the few religious landmarks still standing in a region that was once home ...
In Damascus, Syrians Reclaim Freedoms Off Limits Under al-Assad
Residents of Syria’s capital are picnicking on a once-forbidden mountaintop and trading openly in dollars and imported ...
Three dead, five injured in mosque stampede in Syria's capital
Three women died and five children suffered severe fractures and bruises on Friday in a stampede at the Umayyad Mosque in the ...