(The Daily Star)- A former Druze rebel commander in the suburbs of Damascus was killed in a car accident this weekend in Austria, his friends said. They said Hussam Dib was en route to Germany when the accident occurred. Supporters of the uprising against the Syrian regime praised Dib...

The European Union imposed sanctions on a senior Syrian military intelligence official Friday, adding him to a list of more than 200 Syrians subject to an EU asset freeze. General Mohammad al-Mahalla has been head of the internal affairs branch of Syrian Military Intelligence since April,...

U.S. defense aid to Israel is likely to increase after 2017, sources on both sides said on Thursday, seeing a possible link to Washington's efforts to assuage its ally's fears over nuclear diplomacy with Iran. A current package worth $3 billion a year expires in 2017. A U.S. official, speaking...

A Syrian envoy said Al Jazeera's interview with the leader of Nusra Front violated U.N. counterterrorism resolutions and was an attempt by Qatar to whitewash the image of the al Qaeda affiliate, Syria's state news agency reported on Thursday. The Qatari-funded network broadcast the first part...