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The Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Damascus was not the only predominantly Jewish district in the present-day urban area of the capital.Until the devastating riots during the Damascus Affair in 1840, Jews also predominantly lived in the once-independent village of Jobar, which lies 2 km northeast of the city gate Bab Sharqi, but today belongs to the capital.
About 800 merchants operate a variety of businesses in closely-packed shop stalls along a network of alleyways primarily in the Muslim Quarter and the Christian Quarter, located in the northern part of the Old City. [1] The New York Times described the market in a 1982 publishing as "an explosion of colour, movement and smell." [1]
Christian Church and Druze Khalwa in the Chouf area of Mount Lebanon. Historically, the Druzes and the Christians in the Chouf lived in harmony. [5]The relationship between the Druze and Christians has been characterized by harmony and coexistence, [6] [7] [8] [5] with amicable relations between the two groups prevailing throughout history.
An Israeli strike on the Syrian capital on Saturday destroyed a building used by the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, killing at least five Iranians, Syrian and Iranian state media reported.
Some 60 Jewish families now live in the Muslim Quarter. [9] Yeshivat Ateret Yerushalayim is the largest yeshiva. [10] In 2007, the Israeli government started funding the construction of The Flowers Gate development plan, the first Jewish settlement inside the Muslim Quarter since 1967. It would include 20 apartments and a synagogue. [11]
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Outside Israel, the largest Syrian Jewish community is in Brooklyn, New York and is estimated at 75,000 strong. [3] There are smaller communities elsewhere in the United States and in Latin America. In 2011, there had been about 250 Jews still living within Syria, mostly in Damascus.
DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Israel pounded Syrian army bases on Tuesday in strikes it says aim to keep weapons from falling into hostile hands, but denied its forces had advanced into Syria beyond a ...