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American Jews who fled Syria ask White House to lift sanctions so they can rebuild in Damascus

American Jews who fled Syria ask White House to lift sanctions so they can rebuild in Damascus

  • They say the sanctions are blocking them from restoring some of the world’s oldest synagogues and rebuilding Syria’s decimated Jewish community
  • Members of the Hamra family, who fled Damascus in the 1990s, returned to Syria last month for the first time
By AP ·