A silhouette of a soldier with a gun walking by a black-and-white mural. Syria’s Islamic State Is Surging As a new regime gets settled in Damascus, it faces a rising threat from an old foe.

Fashion-wise, women were dressed in cloche hats, tubular silhouettes with drop waists, and handkerchief hemlines boldly skimming shins – which were on show for the very first time. A breakdown of all ...