His artistically forged, welded and fabricated metalwork encompasses Damascus knives, swords and axes influenced by Saxon bladesmithing from the seventh to the ninth century. Owen forges a modern ...

Opposition fighters have taken over Hama, a major city on the road to the capital, Damascus The speed with which the status quo in Syria - however unresolved and unsatisfactory - has been turned on ...

New Delhi: The modern-day Syria with its capital in Damascus is considered as an Arab Islamic country where the majority of population comprises Sunni Muslims, about 74 per cent followed by Shia ...