Al-Qaeda holding plundered Syrian Torah scrolls

I would not bet on getting these back any time soon....

The Jobar synagogue — said to be
2,000-years-old — was built on the site where the prophet Elijah is said
to have concealed himself from persecution and anointed his successor,
Elisha, as a prophet. It was badly damaged in March by mortars
reportedly fired by Syrian government forces; some reports say the
building was destroyed.

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