(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...

At least 12 Australian women from one city have attempted to join ISIS, police said Friday, warning of a trend towards a "romanticized view" of violent jihadis. More than 100 Australians have left the country to support ISIS in Syria and Iraq, raising concerns about radicalization and whether...

Western women joining Islamic State are increasingly from comfortable backgrounds and often well educated with romantic notions of adventure often quickly dispelled by the harshness of life as a "Jihadi bride", according to a British research report. Some 550 women from Western countries...

 The Syrian capital's tiny tourist train is returning puffs of hope to a city encircled by war with short trips to the greener suburbs of Damascus. The train, whose large yellow wagon and leather seats can hold 100 people, had stopped running since the 2011 outbreak...