When Syria's new leaders shut 60 Damascus bars, drinkers protested, and the government reversed itself. It's an example of ...
By Neil Hauer for bnm IntelliNews in Damascus The end of the 54-year rule of Syria’s Assad regime came so quickly that many ...
Rabbi Yusuf Hamra smells a citrus fruit with former neighbors in Old Damascus. "The scent of Damascus was orange blossoms and jasmine," said his son Henry. The Syrian president sent a key advisor ...
The situation is putting a damper on a typically festive season. Shopping in a market in Old Damascus ahead of Ramadan this week.Credit... Supported by By Raja Abdulrahim Photographs by Kiana ...
As Eid al-Fitr approaches, bakeries across Damascus are busy preparing maamoul and other confections made with wheat flour ...
We arrived two days before Ramadan, and the market in Old Damascus was packed shoulder to shoulder, with the occasional motorcycle working its way through the crowd. The new Syrian flag ...
FILE - Rabbi Yusuf Hamra, left, and his son Henry take pictures as they visit the Al-Raqi synagogue in the old city of Damascus Feb. 18, 2025. The Syrian-American Jewish family returned for the ...
Members of the Jewish delegation, accompanied by former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large Stephen Rapp, carry an historic Torah in the Faranj synagogue in Damascus. Cantor Henry Hamra lights a candle at the ...