Syrian Jews (, ) are Jews who lived in the region of the modern state of
Syria, and their descendants born outside Syria. Syrian Jews derive their origin from two groups: from the Jews who inhabited the region of today's Syria from
ancient times (known as
Musta'arabi Jews, and sometimes classified as
Mizrahi Jews, a generic term for the Jews with an extended history in the Middle East or North Africa); and from the
Sephardi Jews (referring to Jews with an extended history in the
Iberian Peninsula, i.e. Spain and
Portugal) who fled to Syria after the
Alhambra Decree forced the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492
CE.