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 custom knife.

The town of Damascus is hosting its annual Trail Days festival May 16-18. Eight months after Hurricane Helene devastated the small Southwest Virginia town, residents are rebuilding, and businesses are seeing tourists return.

Druze residents near Syria's capital are resisting a demand by the Islamist-led government to hand in their light weapons, saying authorities have yet to address fears of new attacks by Sunni Muslim militants after days of sectarian violence.

US president urges Syria’s interim president to establish ties with Israel, says US will drop ‘all sanctions’.

Sharaa, the president of Syria, and Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, signed a historic agreement, ending a long-running divide between Damascus and the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.

Nearly eight months after Hurricane Helene, the 700-resident town of Damascus, Va., is ready for over 25,000 people to descend for the annual Appalachian Trail Days Festival on May 16-18.

United States President Donald Trump has announced that Washington is exploring the normalisation of ties with Damascus, following a historic meeting with Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa – the first such encounter in over two decades.

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 efforts in unfamiliar territory.