And their home, just across the hall from ... this new Syria now that her neighbor helped topple the former regime. LAMA KARKUTLI: We want to celebrate here - really enjoy Damascus.

Thousands of Jews left Syria in 1992, when they were allowed to emigrate. The visit by a small delegation of U.S.-based Syrian Jewish religious figures last week was their first time back since then.

Syria's interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa, right, leaves the podium after speaking during Syria's national dialogue conference at the People’s Palace in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday Feb. 25, 2025 ...