When new rulers with jihadi roots took power in Damascus, artists, singers and dancers held their breath. They can relax, the regime says.
The source added that such an allegation is a lie made up by Israel "to cover up its plans regarding Syria after the fall of the Assad regime."
(JTA) — Even as tensions between Israel and Syria ramped up in recent days, a small group of Syrian Jews recently celebrated a milestone that once seemed unthinkable: a return visit to their home country.
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Syria's long road to recovery: Lessons from a devastated Damascus suburbBefore the fall of his regime in December, Syria's dictator Bashar Al Assad and his wife Asma embarked on victory tours of former rebel areas that had been captured by his forces. None was as brazen as the couple’s visit in 2018 to the ruins of Jobar,
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An ancient town in Syria is one of the world's few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have used.
Thousands of Jews left Syria in 1992, when they were allowed to emigrate. The visit by a small delegation of U.S.-based Syrian Jewish religious figures last week was their first time back since then.
Their routines included standard comedy fare — religion, sex and the pressure to get married — but the biggest punchline of the night was Assad.
Israel strikes military sites in Southern Syria, 2 killed
Israel conducts airstrikes in Damascus, southern Syria
Israel bombs ‘military targets’ in southern Syria, outside Damascus
The Israeli military conducts air raids on what it described as military bases and command centres. The Israeli military has conducted air raids targeting what it described as military bases and command centres in southern Syria and outside the capital, Damascus.
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Iran condemns Israeli strikes in southern Syria, putting Damascus in spotlight
The commander of the Kurdish-led forces that control northeastern Syria said that a call by the leader of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey for the PKK to dissolve did not apply to the group he leads.
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Syria holds national dialogue to chart a path after Bashar al-Assad
Syria's national dialogue conference kicks off as the battered country seeks to rebuild
Some 600 people from different parts of Syria were invited to the gathering in Damascus, hosted by the new authorities led by the Islamist former insurgent group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS.
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National Dialogue a 'Historic Opportunity' for Syria, Interim President Says
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