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Syria’s credit card comeback, Damascus International Fair mark return to global economy

Syria can now process credit card payments again, symbolizing Syria's re-entry into the international system after years of isolation.

Artists perform on stage during the opening ceremony of the Damascus International Fair in Damascus, Syria, August 26, 2026.
The gun confiscated from the man in Jerusalem illegally on May 29, 2026.

Man indicted after being caught with a loaded gun in Jerusalem's Old City

 Baruch Marzel and Right-wing activists protest near Damascus Gate, in Jerusalem Old City on January 26, 2023.

Israeli arrested for burning flag in response to Arab League lawmaker

The Jerusalem Day flag march at the Damascus Gate, May 18, 2023

Some 50,000 Israelis join Jerusalem Day flag march, scuffles erupt in Old City


Saturday shooting of Palestinian terrorist not comparable to Elor Azaria - analysis

Video filmed by a Palestinian couple who were in their car at the time of the attack showed two Border Police officers, including a woman, firing two shots as Salameh lay moving on the ground.

Israeli police officers stand guard outside the Damascus Gate, in Jerusalem, December 4, 2021.

Israeli politicians deeply divided on the killing of Damascus Gate terrorist

Where do Israel's public officials stand on the killing of Mohammed Shawkat Salima, the terrorist who stabbed a man in Jerusalem's Damascus Gate?

 Israeli Border policemen patrol the area near the site of a shooting incident in Jerusalem's Old City November 21, 2021.

Israeli injured in Damascus Gate stabbing attack, terrorist killed

A video went viral on social media showing the terrorist bent over on the ground with Border Police officers aiming their guns at him.

 POLICE ARREST a Palestinian youth during a protest at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, October 19.

Clashes continue at Jerusalem's Damascus Gate

For the past few months, the Damascus Gate has become the arena of a violent ritual – which has, more than once, caused changes in bus routes for fear of passenger safety.

 POLICE ARREST a Palestinian  youth during a protest at  Damascus Gate, October 19.

Religious Zionist Party visits Damascus Gate over 'loss of governance'

Five of the party's MKs and one who was inserted into the Likud visited the Damascus Gate on Wednesday afternoon to inspect police actions in the area

 Religious Zionist Party members at Damascus Gate, October 20, 2021.

Golani soldier injured in Hebron; Bus attacked in clashes in Jerusalem

Bus driver and teen injured from stones * A video shows an undercover Border Policeman firing a gun at the sky during arrest at Herod's Gate.

Palestinians disperse as a stun grenade fired by Israeli security forces explodes near Damascus Gate just outside Jerusalem's Old City May 10, 2021.

Clashes erupt between Border Police, Palestinians at Damascus Gate

Bus routes in the area, specifically to the Western Wall, were altered due to the clashes.

PALESTINIANS DEMONSTRATE outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem.

Palestinian man assaulted by police officer as incident caught on camera

The incident was caught on video and has been circulating on social media, among a set of disturbances that took place at Damascus Gate late Tuesday night. 

Israeli police officer arrests a man.

Viral video falsely claims Israel sprayed sewage at al-Aqsa gates

The "sewage" water was in fact "skunk water," and the "gates of al-Aqsa" was the outside of Damascus Gate.

Israeli police are seen spraying skunk water outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, on June 17, 2021.

Messages from Flag March participants: ‘Jerusalem is ours’

Participants could be seen dancing in the streets, singing and proudly waving Israeli flags for hours as they walked the designated path and security officials stood guard.

Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces in Jerusalem, as Jewish groups conducted a flag march through the Old City