Syrian-American Jews visit Damascus synagogue

A group of Syrian-American Jews prayed in a synagogue in Damascus on Tuesday, an AFP photographer reported, the latest such visit following the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.

The trip comes after local community leader Bakhour Chamntoub said unknown assailants broke into and desecrated the tomb of a 17th-century rabbi in Damascus last week.

Visiting Rabbi Henry Hamra led prayers at the Faranj synagogue in Damascus’s Old City.

His father Yusuf Hamra was reportedly the last rabbi to…