Rabbi Tager Chief Rabbi of Damascus, was threatened with being kidnapped and held for ransom by the leaders of the Syrian rebels.
In a letter addressed to the Rabbi, the rebels demanded that the rabbi pay the sum of five hundred gold pounds.
The rebels attacked a train four kilometers south of Damascus. Two passengers were killed.
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