“Antakya was always a very important city due to its strategic location ... the owner of a hotel in the old quarter, tells The National. Like other property owners in the area, he has put ...

Saul Cenudioglu was born in Antakya in 1941, back when the city had a much larger Jewish community ... was the community’s more than 130-year-old synagogue in a severely damaged state.

Antakya’s 100-year-old synagogue was also heavily damaged ... 2023 Jews have been present in the city, known in antiquity as Antioch, for millennia, since its founding under the Seleucid ...

this awe-inspiring 1,300-year-old mosaic spans a remarkable 9000 square feet and is believed to have graced the floors of a ...