Jobar
جَوْبَر | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Joubar on the District map of Damascus | |
  Jobar | |
| Coordinates: 33°31′51.6″N 36°20′13.6″E / 33.531000°N 36.337111°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Damascus Governorate |
| City | Damascus |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Climate | BSk |
Jobar (Arabic: جَوْبَر, romanized: Jawbar) also Jawbar, Jober or Joubar, is a village on the outskirts of Damascus northeast of the old city walls.[1] It contains the most venerated site for Syrian Jews, the 2,000 year old Jobar Synagogue, named for the biblical prophet Elijah, and has been a place of Jewish pilgrimage for many centuries.[2][3] Today 93% of Jobar lies in ruins due to a prolonged battle fought between the Syrian Army and various rebel groups from February 2013 to 23 March 2018.[4] It has been the site of hostilities during Syrian Civil War, including the 2017 Jobar offensive.
- ^ Ross Burns. Damascus: A History, Routledge, 2007. pg. 13. ISBN 0-415-41317-6.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Meri33was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cyril Glassé, Huston Smith. The new encyclopedia of Islam, Rowman Altamira, 2003. pg. 110. ISBN 0-7591-0190-6.
- ^ "Syria war: UN Security Council truce vote delayed". BBC News. 23 February 2018.