Syria

In Damascus’ former Jewish quarter, optimism about the Syrian Jewish future is hard to muster

The fall of the Assad regime has some Jews who left eyeing at least a partial return. The local story is different.

In Druze town where hundreds breached border with Syria, residents mourn one tragedy while fearing another

“They cried, they hugged, and then they went back to opposite sides of the fence, in enemy states,” recalled a soldier who witnessed family reunions during the brief breach.

What happened to relics of Syria’s Jewish history? Assad’s collapse spurs efforts to assess the damage.

Bombardment, looting and disuse have wreaked an uncertain toll on the country’s former synagogues and Jewish sites.

Obituaries

Stephen Shalom, American Sephardic philanthropist who promoted tolerance, dies at 93

United States

Biden’s first military action: Strike on Iranian-backed targets in Syria

The entrance of an abandoned Jewish synagogue in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Iraq pictured in 2009. (Saddam Hussein/AFP via Getty Images)

Global

Nearly half the Jewish sites in Syria have been ruined. The fate of most Iraqi sites is unknown.

Israel

Israel attacks dozens of military targets in Syria

Israel

4 rockets fired from Syria on northern Israel

Ideas

By withdrawing from Syria, Trump has abdicated responsibility and abandoned allies

United States

Mike Pompeo to arrive in Israel on Friday for talks on Syria

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