ADAM BLITZ IN HAARETZ: Who will save the remains of Syria’s ancient synagogue? Surrounded by a propaganda war and rebel fighters, Damascus’ Jobar synagogue has now been largely destroyed, but its media fame has dangerously inflated the value of its remaining artefacts.
Unfortunately I got to this one only after it had gone behind the subscription wall. But Adam has alerted me to a post at the Scotfella blog which has a substantial excerpt: Who will save what's left of Jobar? Bottom line: the photographic evidence indicates that about two-thirds of the synagogue has indeed been destroyed.
Background here and links.