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Rare Visit to Long-Closed Aleppo Synagogues Includes Israeli Rabbis

Local authorities pledged to review Jewish communal property claims following a tightly controlled inspection of dormant sites.

Overview

  • SOHR published video of a religious‑cultural event in Aleppo’s Al‑Jemayliyah, describing the visit as the first of its kind in roughly three decades.
  • The delegation included two rabbis who arrived from Israel without prior public notice and inspected synagogues in Al‑Jemayliyah and Bab al‑Nasr.
  • Security forces sealed nearby streets and restricted movement around the sites during the event, according to local reports cited by SOHR.
  • SOHR reported that the governor of Aleppo pledged to address longstanding claims over SyrianJewish communal assets after alleged years of corrupt seizures.
  • The monitor linked the visit to earlier unpublicized activities in Damascus and noted local concern about a growing Israeli footprint, with no official confirmation from Syrian or Israeli authorities.