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Turkey says it expects Syrian Kurdish militia to fulfil Damascus deal
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday that Turkey expects the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia to fulfil a deal the group ...
Kings and Generals on MSN4h
Second Crusade: Siege of Damascus 1148
The Second Crusade began with high expectations, but the Siege of Damascus in 1148 brought it to a sudden and disappointing end. Crusader leaders Louis VII and Conrad III struggled to coordinate their ...
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Spring tourists return to Damascus to ride reopened section of the Virginia Creeper Trail
The town of Damascus is hosting its annual Trail Days festival May 16-18. Eight months after Hurricane Helene devastated the ...
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Trump meets Syria’s al-Sharaa, eyes normalisation of ties with Damascus
US president urges Syria’s interim president to establish ties with Israel, says US will drop ‘all sanctions’.
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Damascus is open, ready to celebrate annual Appalachian Trail Days Festival
Nearly eight months after Hurricane Helene, the 700-resident town of Damascus, Va., is ready for over 25,000 people to ...
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The Damascus-SDF agreement two months on: Fragile progress or delayed collapse?
Sharaa, the president of Syria, and Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, signed a historic ...
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Trump talks with Syria's al Sharaa to normalise Washington-Damascus ties
United States President Donald Trump has announced that Washington is exploring the normalisation of ties with Damascus, ...
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Turning Meat Grinder Parts into a Stunning Damascus Knife
This might be one of my most unusual Damascus projects yet. In this build, I take old steel grates from a meat grinder and forge them into layered Damascus steel - then shape it into a razor-sharp ...