West Torrens council allow Hamra family to decide future of controversial library name
West Torrens Council has allowed the family of one of Australia’s “worst-ever” sex offenders to decide the future of a local ...
Texarkana Gazette6d
Syrian Jews’ homecoming brings hope for reconstruction and a permanent return after decades in exile
As Rabbi Yusuf Hamra and his son Henry were visiting Damascus this week for the first time since emigrating from Syria to the ...
Fewer Than 10 Jews Live in Syria. A Diaspora Is Edging Back.
Émigrés hope the battered country—sometimes a haven, sometimes a persecutor—can again be home under the new government.
Trade Arabia5d
Chapman Taylor releases first images of Riyadh mixed-use project
Chapman Taylor, a multi-award winning practice of global architects and masterplanners, has released the first images of its ...
Kurdish leader Ocalan issues message from prison, urging PKK to disarm to make peace with Turkey
Pro-Kurdish politicians are meeting the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, as part of renewed peace ...
WLRN1d
Syrian Jews return to Damascus for the first time in decades, hoping to build bridges
Thousands of Jews left Syria in 1992, when they were allowed to emigrate. The visit by a small delegation of U.S.-based ...
Wall Street Journal6d
Fewer Than 10 Jews Live in Syria. A Diaspora Is Edging Back.
DAMASCUS, Syria—Dust filled the air as Rabbi Yosef Hamra opened a long-sealed closet containing holy scrolls untouched since he last held Jewish services in the centuries-old synagogue three ...
Turkey seeks dissolution of PKK-linked groups in Syria and Iraq, following leader's peace plea
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A senior Turkish official on Friday called for the dissolution of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party’s ...
The Sun Chronicle1d
What to know about the latest effort to end Turkey's 40-year Kurdish conflict
The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has called on his organization to disarm and dissolve as part of a new ...