The document, titled "Persecutions Against the Jews of Damascus ," was published in Paris in the same year and sold for 1 franc and 75 centimes. Its rediscovery provides a rare contemporary account of the dramatic events that reverberated throughout the Jewish world.

AIPAC and AJC are taking a cautiously hopeful approach to the new government in Damascus, while Israel is growing increasingly alarmed by the regime

A 2nd-century gate in the Old City's Muslim Quarter offers a glimpse into the capital's multilayered history -- and complex present

Israel’s defense ministry says the military has been instructed to prepare to defend a Druze settlement in the suburbs of Damascus in neighboring Syria

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not allow Syria’s new army or the insurgent group that led the ouster of former President Bashar Assad to “enter the area south of Damascus”

The comments by Iran illustrate that it is focused on Syria and might be trying to claw its way back to a position of power there.

The Israel Defense Forces said that it had struck several military targets in southern Syria, including sites containing weapons and command centers.

DAMASCUS, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes hit a town south of Syria's capital as well as the southern province of Daraa late on Tuesday, residents, security sources and local broadcaster Syria TV said. Israeli planes struck the town of Kisweh ...