Syria issued a conservative new dress code Tuesday requiring women to wear burkinis or full-body swimwear on all public beaches, the latest cultural shift since Islamist-led rebels toppled dictator ...

A Muslim woman sits on the pool wearing a burkini in Freiburg. The Syrian Tourism Ministry on Tuesday said women should wear burkinis or "appropriate" swimsuits at public beaches. Rolf Haid/dpa The ...

Syria's Tourism Ministry issued a decree this week saying that women are required to wear burkinis or other swimwear that covers the body at public beaches and swimming pools, prompting concerns about ...

IN IDLIB AND ALEPPO – In a cramped recovery ward in northwest Syria, mothers lie on separate metal beds, all facing a diesel heater. Their black niqabs falling in soft folds as they rest after labour, ...

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 ...

WIth utmost precision, Syrian women are hard at work repairing mobile phones brought in by customers to their small shop in the city of Idlib.

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 ...

FILE - Members of the Alawite minority gather outside the Russian air base in Hmeimim, near Latakia in Syria's coastal region, March 11, 2025, as they seek refuge there after recent violence and ...