Maaloula is one of the world's few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have used. The town is also home to Syria's two oldest active monasteries. But ...

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DAMASCUS (Reuters ... built in honour of the biblical prophet Elijah, was looted before it was destroyed.

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While the synagogues and Jewish school in the Old City remained relatively well-preserved, Syria's largest synagogue in Jobar, an eastern suburb of Damascus ... honor of the biblical prophet ...