Experience the mastery of a skilled blacksmith as layers of steel are expertly forged into a breathtaking Damascus knife.

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Wasfi Al-Masrani, who, in exile, had long given musical expression to anti-regime sentiments in Syria, has held what he called a “victory concert” in Damascus. Footage by Obada Jbara shows the crowd ...

Most notably, though, the knives are stamped (cut from one large sheet of steel) instead of forged (made from a single bar of steel that is heated and then pounded into shape either by hand or ...

There’s a Damascus-bladed version (for a relatively small price bump). Style alone does not make a great knife. But it’s even harder to impress on a budget. Yet the Civivi Merit still shines when its ...

President Biden announced Friday that he is blocking the $15 billion proposal by Japan's Nippon Steel to buy U.S. Steel after a government panel recently failed to reach consensus on the possible ...

Update: President Biden announced Friday morning he is blocking the U.S. Steel-Nippon Steel deal "to ensure that, now and long into the future, America has a strong domestically owned and operated ...

"We discussed this in a very detailed and very clear manner," Baerbock told reporters after meeting Sharaa in the People's Palace in Damascus ... Despite Nippon Steel, US and Japan say ties ...