"After arriving in Damascus two days ago, I came to pray for the first time... after 34 years," says Syrian-American Rabbi Yusuf Hamra after leading the prayer for the first time since arriving this week from the United States. Syria's tiny Jewish community say they held their first group prayer in decades, in the Faranj synagogue in Damascus's Old City, expressing joy at the long-awaited return to public worship. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES