After Syria's new authorities arrested an official who issued death sentences to prisoners under ousted president Bashar ...

“We want to build a new Syria and to keep the work, but with new methods.” The rebels said they would guarantee personal freedoms and would not impose Islamic dress on women. “It is strictly ...

Syria’s new rulers elevated a woman to run the country’s central bank, as the U.S. and other Western governments watch how ...

Syrian women have long-since heard it from men from across the political ... For years, women here have resisted misogynistic rules such as dress codes that required them to cover their hair and wear ...

The fall of a government always ushers in uncertainty, and in Syria such a transition could have profound implications for ...

Syria's armed opposition leadership has ... The directive explicitly forbids compelling women to wear specific clothing or interfering with their choice of attire, according to the newspaper ...

Since taking power, the current Syrian administration has been working toward a new system under a conservative government, ...

He has also issued a communique ordering rebel forces not to bother women over dress codes. Sharaa met with British diplomats in Damascus this week to begin discussions of how the new Syria will ...

Comments by Syria's newly appointed head of women's affairs have sparked uproar, with social media users expressing outrage on Sunday, weeks after Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar ...

Women's undergarments lay on top of a pile of clothing stacked outside a massive ... a strong voice calling for political change across Syria. The Assad government arbitrarily detained many ...

The U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human ... have not attempted to impose Islamic dress or other conventions, it remains to be seen what role women will have in the new order and whether ...