WASHINGTON (AP) — American Jews who fled their Syrian homeland ... For Henry Hamra, who fled Damascus as a teenager with his family in the 1990s, the 30 years since have been shadowed by worry ...

Fleshman’s visits remind him of a time when he not only witnessed but played a role in American history at another ... is not lost on the serviceman from Virginia far from home.

FILE - Rabbi Yusuf Hamra, left, and his son Henry take pictures as they visit the Al-Raqi synagogue in the old city of Damascus Feb. 18, 2025. The Syrian-American Jewish family returned for the ...