Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rabbi Yusuf Hamra, left, and his son Henry take pictures as they visit the Al-Raqi synagogue in the old city ...

It was also used as a minaret for the city of Damascus, from which the square minaret model spread to all parts of Syria, North Africa and Andalusia.

WASHINGTON (AP) — American Jews who fled their Syrian homeland decades ago went to the White House this week ... For Henry Hamra, who fled Damascus as a teenager with his family in the 1990s ...

PHOTOS: American Jews who fled Syria ask White House to lift sanctions so they can rebuild in Damascus With Assad gone and the country trying to move out of poverty, Moustafa has been urging U.S ...

View over the Umayyad Mosque also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus. One of the largest mosque in the world, the center of Islam religion. We can see over the beautiful and colorful mosque and the ...

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