Syria's Jews

Claims that Aleppo’s Synagogues have been destroyed are false

File photo of Syrian Jews al-Firenj Synagogue in downtown Damascus Sunday April 20, 2008.(AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi).

 In February of 2011, coincidentally the month before of the beginning of the current Syrian crisis, President Assad signed an executive order to repair the Al-Raqi Synagogue in the old Jewish quarter of Damascus by the end of the month as the renovation of 10 other synagogues in Syria’s major cities continued.