Jacob Rosen-Koenigsbuch, a retired Ashkenazi diplomat, has compiled a list of Jewish family names from various cities in the Arab world before the Mizrahi exodus in the mid-20th century.

The text discusses the work of R. Jacob Zemah, a scholar of Kabbalah in the 17th century.

The author shares his experiences of living a double life in Damascus, Syria, under the oppressive regime.

A farming village in central Syria was reportedly shelled by Assad's army, resulting in the deaths of about 200 people.