Iraqi militants seize synagogue, plan to turn it into their HQ: report

Iraqi media are reporting that militants have seized a major synagogue in Amara.

The militants are said to have cut off all the streets leading to the synagogue and prevented journalists from filming or writing any reports relating to the subject. Reports say that the terrorists destroyed the bulk of the temple, claiming that that the synagogue will become the headquarters of the militants in southern Iraq.

There are fewer than ten Jews remaining in Iraq, the end of a community that was over 2500 years old.