Ohio native Gerald Brostek found a way to create art while working at a Cleveland steel mill. "I was just amazed at the elasticity of the steel, how malleable all the steel was when it was orange hot" ...

“At certain temperatures, you get different colors, certain alloys color differently,” he said, using one of his creations as an example ... to make and color Damascus steel axes.

Last month, the opera house also hosted its first concert by ... the music, the people who have come to listen that's the best image of Damascus," she said, beaming, and wearing a white hijab.

After the fall of Syria's despotic Assad regime, life is slowly returning to one Damascus suburb, where the violence and ...

To applause, percussionist Bahjat Antaki took the stage with Syria's national symphony orchestra, marking the first classical concert at the Damascus opera house since president Bashar al-Assad ...

marking the first classical concert at the Damascus opera house since president Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. The concert was a way of saying "we are here and able to produce art," despite more than years ...

marking the first classical concert at the Damascus opera house since president Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. The concert was a way of saying "we are here and able to produce art," despite more than ...

DAMASCUS, Va. (WDBJ ... Albro said the experience was terrifying. “The house behind us, we watched it fall into the water and wash away. The one next door was totally falling apart, ...