The Jobar Synagogue, or Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, is one of the few religious landmarks still standing ... the 74-year-old head of the Jewish community in Syria, recently visited the synagogue ...

Syria’s renowned landmarks, such as the ancient city of Palmyra and the medieval castle of Crac des Chevaliers, still bear ...

Over that time, Syria’s Jewish population has only dwindled ... trying to oust him from power — synagogues and other Jewish landmarks were destroyed or badly damaged as overall death tolls ...