After visiting the synagogue, Chamntoub returned to his home in old Damascus, close to the private Jewish school known as Maimonides that was founded in 1944 but has been closed for decades.

Roaming the opulent Damascus home of ousted Syrian president Bashar ... to be here in the middle of his house," said the 44-year-old, showing photographs he took on his mobile phone.

Excavations at Tell Ramad, on the outskirts of the city, have shown that Damascus was inhabited as early as 8,000 to 10,000 BC ...

Rabbi Asher Lopatin poses at a Jewish historic site in Damascus, Syria ... at fewer than a dozen who still call the country home. Graves at a historic Jewish cemetery were disinterred to build ...

Damascus-SANA The Old Damascus Directorate, in cooperation with the local community, launched a campaign entitled “Restoring the Shine of the Old City” with the aim of cleaning up, restoring ...