Beginning on the Passover holiday of 1992, the 4,000 remaining members of the Damascus Jewish community (Arabic Yehud ash-Sham), as well as the Aleppo community and the Jews of Qamishli, were permitted under the government of Hafez al-Assad to leave Syria provided they did not immigrate to Israel.
Bermula dari liburan Paskah tahun 1992, 4.000 anggota tersisa dari komunitas Yahudi Damaskus (bahasa Arab: Yehud ash-Sham) serta komunitas Aleppo dan orang Yahudi Qamishli diizinkan untuk meninggalkan Suriah di bawah rezim Hafez al-Assad asalkan mereka tidak beremigrasi ke Israel.