A Ban on Makeup in Syria Has Some Red in the Face

A provincial governor wants to prohibit women in government and public sector jobs from wearing makeup, stirring outrage and ...

I would scream in my sleep: Women from Syria's Alawite minority tell of kidnap and rape

The BBC hears harrowing accounts of assaults appearing to target the sect of former President Assad.
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In post-Assad Syria's chaos, Alawite women face sexual violence

LATAKIA, Syria (AP) — The woman, a member of Syria 's Alawite religious minority, was walking home on a sunny July day in her town on the Mediterranean coast when three gunmen stopped her and pulled ...

Syria’s only female minister warns: 'We can’t survive without unity'

Hind Kabawat, Syria’s only female minister, used her first day in office to call for greater female representation in ...
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In post-Assad Syria’s chaos, Alawite women face sexual violence

LATAKIA, Syria (AP) — The woman, a member of Syria ‘s Alawite religious minority, was walking home on a sunny July day in her town on the Mediterranean coast when three gunmen stopped her and pulled ...