Syria

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.

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

He said the accomplishment of which he was most proud was working to bring 400 Jewish women who wanted to marry within their faith to the United States from Syria in 1977.

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

The strike was in retaliation for a Feb. 15 rocket attack on a U.S.-led base in neighboring Iraq.

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

Global

Mike Pompeo to visit Israel to talk about Syria in aftermath of US troop withdrawal

The Tell

The Tell: 2 senators reach across the aisle to tackle the Syria nightmare

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