Damascus (AFP) – Syria's tiny Jewish community and Syrian Jews abroad are trying to build bridges after Bashar al-Assad's ouster in the hope of reviving their ancient heritage before the community dies out. This week, a small number of Jews living in Damascus, along with others from...

Two mass graves were exhumed in the town of Aqraba near the Sayyida Zeinab area south of Damascus, one of which contains the remains of at least 15 people, while work is still underway to extract more remains from the second grave.  According to local sources, the area where the two...

The Arab head of the UN Development Program (UNDP) on Thursday described the 14-year civil war in Syria as one of the "deadliest conflicts in recent history," with “90% of the population” in poverty.” "So far, what has been reported is 618,000," lives lost in the conflict, Abdallah Al...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge against the Gaza Strip on Thursday after Hamas released the bodies of four Israeli prisoners, despite accusations that his prolonged refusal to negotiate their release led to their deaths. Hamas handed over the bodies of Shiri Bibas, her...