# damascus (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover damascus. Page: Feed: --- ## [Hamas Plays for Time in Gaza](https://jonathanspyer.com/2026/08/21/hamas-plays-for-time-in-gaza/) _2026-08-21 · jonathanspyer · Jonathan Spyer_ Spectator, 19/8: The current, troubled and glacial diplomatic process between Israel, the US/‘Board of Peace’ and the de facto Hamas authority in Gaza is a derivative of a fact which is difficult to swallow for Israelis: namely, that despite two … Continue reading → ## [Syrian authorities arrest nine-member ISIS cell in town adjacent to Israel's demilitarized zone](https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/isis-threat/article-905011) _2026-08-09 · JPost.com - ISIS news | The Jerusalem Post_ The nine-member ISIS cell allegedly collected weapons, transported explosives, and carried out other activities supporting the terrorist group, according to Damascus's Interior Ministry. ## [Some Notes from My Back Pages](https://jonathanspyer.com/2026/07/27/some-notes-from-my-back-pages/) _2026-07-27 · jonathanspyer · Jonathan Spyer_ While looking for something else recently, I came across a long and interesting interview with Patrick Hayes, a former Provisional IRA terrorist who was jailed for 30 years for his part in the second Harrods bombing in London in 1992, Continue reading ## [US CENTCOM kills senior ISIS leader Ali Husayn al-'Ulaywi in northwest Syria airstrike](https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/isis-threat/article-900403) _2026-06-24 · JPost.com - ISIS news | The Jerusalem Post_ Meanwhile, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated three individuals and six entities for "facilitating financial transactions on behalf of ISIS." ## [ISIS claims responsibility for new attack in Syria targeting official near Damascus](https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/isis-threat/article-899720) _2026-06-17 · JPost.com - ISIS news | The Jerusalem Post_ ISIS has claimed a series of attacks in Syria, including an IED strike near Damascus and a reported assault on security forces in Raqqa. ## [One Syrian security member killed in Islamic State suicide bombing in Raqqa](https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-899501) _2026-06-15 · JPost.com - ISIS news | The Jerusalem Post_ According to a ministry statement, two suicide attackers attempted to storm the facility. Security personnel engaged the pair, neutralizing one of them, while the second detonated an explosive vest. ## [Syria arrests 235 ISIS operatives in three months, foils seven terror plots](https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/isis-threat/article-899258) _2026-06-13 · JPost.com - ISIS news | The Jerusalem Post_ ISIS remains a threat to Syria, increasingly relying on small-scale attacks, covert operations, and decentralized cells to target security forces, public facilities, and local communities. ## [Damascus Ring with Citrine](https://jloose.com/damascus-ring-with-citrine/) _2026-06-12 · JLoose · J.Arthur Loose_ Here s a recent ring in my own handforged stainless damascus, with a marquise citrine. I always check the pattern for optimal stone placement, and I m one of very few artisans making stainless damascus rings from start to finish. 🙂 Continue reading ## ['I wish I could kill 300,000,000 Americans': FBI arrests three men accused of funding ISIS weapons](https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/isis-threat/article-898587) _2026-06-07 · JPost.com - ISIS news | The Jerusalem Post_ DOJ officials said the suspects allegedly sent more than $2,000 to fund ISIS weapons targeting US service members. ## [Second group of Australian women linked to Islamic State to return home](https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/isis-threat/article-897312) _2026-05-26 · JPost.com - ISIS news | The Jerusalem Post_ Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said the government was not assisting their travel and that any who have committed crimes "can expect to face the full force of the law." ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/E5SYtpxsdPZF) _2026-05-26 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [Last of Australian ISIS linked families leave Syrian camps](https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/isis-threat/article-897147) _2026-05-24 · JPost.com - ISIS news | The Jerusalem Post_ Seven Australian women and 14 children recently arrived in Damascus from the Roj camp in northeast Syria, marking the departure of the last known Australian group from camps for ISIS-linked families. ## [Turkey captures ten wanted ISIS terrorists in cross-border operation with Syria](https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/isis-threat/article-897068) _2026-05-24 · JPost.com - ISIS news | The Jerusalem Post_ Investigators say one of the key figures is Omer Deniz Dundar, who is linked to the planning of the deadly 2015 bombing at Ankara’s main train station. ## [ISIS escalates rhetoric, seeks ‘new phase of fighting’ in Syria - analysis](https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/isis-threat/article-896952) _2026-05-21 · JPost.com - ISIS news | The Jerusalem Post_ Foreign fighters and sleeper cells remain a security concern as the group tries to revive its networks after years of territorial collapse. ## [Kittleson Kidnapping Laid Bare Iraq’s Militia State](https://jonathanspyer.com/2026/04/11/kittleson-kidnapping-laid-bare-iraqs-militia-state/) _2026-04-11 · jonathanspyer · Jonathan Spyer_ Jerusalem Post, 11/4 The (mercifully brief and now concluded) incarceration of the US freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson in Iraq at the hands of the Shia militia Ktaeb Hizballah reveals much about who really runs Iraq. The evidence is not encouraging. Continue reading ## [Bee Business](https://jloose.com/bee-business/) _2026-03-31 · JLoose · J.Arthur Loose_ Spring is Springing. Have six out of nine hives, which is enough to plan on honey production easy expansion. I won t have honey until July or August, so I think I ll hold off on farmer s markets so I can start next Spring with stores. But if you re a fan,... Continue reading ## [Minding the Hives](https://jloose.com/minding-the-hive/) _2026-03-25 · JLoose · J.Arthur Loose_ Photo by Albo Greene Weary of Winter, were then we all! Stirring in Spring, stout in our stead. Bright hope for the bairnies; Dark rest for the dead. Continue reading ## [Shlomi’s War](https://jonathanspyer.com/2026/02/07/shlomis-war/) _2026-02-07 · jonathanspyer · Jonathan Spyer_ Jerusalem Post, 07/02 An interview with an October 7 survivor, Gaza combat veteran, and advocate for IDF reservists, who is now entering Israeli politics. “About 100 meters outside of Tsohar, the Ravshatz (community security officer) saw a convoy of 15 Continue reading ## [A Few Thoughts on the Alleged New World Order](https://jonathanspyer.com/2026/01/04/a-few-thoughts-on-the-alleged-new-world-order/) _2026-01-04 · jonathanspyer · Jonathan Spyer_ The US action in Venezuela has led to a flurry of punditry asserting that the Trump Administration is bringing into being a new world based on the open assertion of raw, great power state interest and the emergence of spheres Continue reading ## [Remembering David Pryce-Jones](https://jonathanspyer.com/2025/12/08/remembering-david-pryce-jones/) _2025-12-08 · jonathanspyer · Jonathan Spyer_ 8/12 I was sad to learn last week of the death of David Pryce-Jones at the age of 89. David was a fascinating man. When you met him, you were immediately struck by an odd combination: his manners and style Continue reading ## [Damascus Rings](https://jloose.com/damascus-rings-3/) _2025-12-02 · JLoose · J.Arthur Loose_ I make some of the finest stainless steel damascus rings available, and I m one of three or four international pioneers for high end damascus jewelry, going back nearly 25 years now. I get buried in the algorithms and factory makers because I remain committed to sole authorship handmade quality.... Continue reading ## [Reach prospects with real signals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ik7AE4yPboKD) _2025-12-02 · **Sponsored**_ Find prospects talking about your problem and get context-backed moments to engage ## [Intro to Casting](https://jloose.com/intro-to-casting/) _2025-11-20 · JLoose · J.Arthur Loose_ Had a very fun student this week for my two day intensive lost wax / sandcasting / injection mold class. Day one is carving, spruing and investing, and while the investment cures, intro to sandcasting. I burn out flasks the next morning for casting, clean up, and wax injection molds.... Continue reading ## [Winter Farmer’s Market](https://jloose.com/winter-farmers-market/) _2025-11-13 · JLoose · J.Arthur Loose_ I ll be attending the Montpelier, Vermont Farmer s Market with jewelry and hand forged kitchen knives, bi-weekly, Saturdays from Dec to April. The bees are tucked in for Winter, and I m hoping for a much bigger bee-yard next year. X fingers. Continue reading ## [Kitchen Knives Coming](https://jloose.com/kitchen-knives-coming/) _2025-11-01 · JLoose · J.Arthur Loose_ I m going to make some kitchen blades, hopefully for the local Winter farmer s market, but they ll be for sale here too. Will post finished pieces. Continue reading ## [Some Reflections on Two Years of War in Gaza](https://jonathanspyer.com/2025/10/18/some-reflections-on-two-years-of-war-in-gaza/) _2025-10-18 · jonathanspyer · Jonathan Spyer_ Australian, 18/10 At the Gama Junction, a few kilometers from the Gaza border, I met Gadi Mozes. Among the crowd of people waiting to greet the convoy bearing the last 13 of the living Israeli hostages from Gaza. Gadi, who Continue reading ## [Reflections on the rumors of imminent civil war in the UK](https://jonathanspyer.com/2025/09/03/reflections-on-the-rumors-of-imminent-civil-war-in-the-uk/) _2025-09-03 · jonathanspyer · Jonathan Spyer_ There has been much online talk in recent months about the possibility of ‘civil war’ in the UK. The instinctive response to such talk, or my instinctive response, anyway, is to dismiss it as absurd. The United Kingdom is an Continue reading ## [Jebalya, Shani Louk and the Conceptzia](https://jonathanspyer.com/2025/08/30/jebalya-shani-louk-and-the-conceptzia/) _2025-08-30 · jonathanspyer · Jonathan Spyer_ I remember the light in the Valley of Ela on the day of Shani Louk’s funeral. It was late springtime, clear light, of the kind that you get in Jerusalem. I didn’t get enough time to travel round the villages Continue reading ## [Axes Incoming](https://jloose.com/axes-incoming/) _2025-08-25 · JLoose · J.Arthur Loose_ Working up some walking / shepherd s axes with footspikes for your country gentleman needs. Continue reading ## [Nouveau Rings with Stones](https://jloose.com/interlace-rings-with-stones/) _2025-08-17 · JLoose · J.Arthur Loose_ New line of interlace rings inspired by Nouveau artists like Archibald Knox. Can do in silver or gold, with or without stones, which can go from 4-7mm. This is a lovely opal, size 7.25. Sizes start at 6. Inquire! Continue reading ## [Damascus Rings](https://jloose.com/damascus-rings-2/) _2025-07-30 · JLoose · J.Arthur Loose_ Shipping out some damascus rings. New stainless steel supplier worked out perfectly. Two lined in Sterling with rails and an inlay in 14K yellow, and one in 14k red. Guaranteed for a lifetime, resizable, and made 100% by hand from start to finish. The finest available. Continue reading ## [Searching for the Last Jews of Damascus: A Journey Through Memory and Ruins](https://jonathanspyer.com/2025/02/09/searching-for-the-last-jews-of-damascus-a-journey-through-memory-and-ruins/) _2025-02-09 · jonathanspyer · Jonathan Spyer_ Jerusalem Post, 24/1 In Damascus again after a hiatus of nearly eight years, I decided to see what remained of the city’s once flourishing Jewish community. The dictator was gone. The new Islamist rulers had yet to fully stamp their authority on Continue reading ## [Follow Releases, Get Reminders (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4iQP6JdAvORY) _2025-02-09 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a genre or a name and receive reminders on release day — free. ## [On the Road to Damascus](https://jonathanspyer.com/2025/02/08/on-the-road-to-damascus/) _2025-02-08 · jonathanspyer · Jonathan Spyer_ Weekend Australian, January 24, 2025 Kobani “You can’t extinguish fire with fire. You can’t address a mistake with another mistake. You have to correct the situation in Syria,” Mizgin Khalil tells me, as we sit in her office in Kobani, Continue reading