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 ...

But I came alive and I could hold it in my hand," Salem, executive director of the Syrian Women's Political Movement, told The Current's host Matt Galloway. "I felt that I owned the country.

The pictures show an individual whose face is blurred dressed in women's clothing sitting on a sofa, and another person wearing makeup with their hair covered. They circulated after the Syrian ...

The international community should focus on empowering Syria’s local civil society groups and advocating for women’s rights ...

In Syria's capital, Damascus, there are hole-in-the-wall beauty parlors on nearly every street, places for women to chat while getting blowouts and manicures. And when NPR's Diaa Hadid visited a ...