Women in Syria are active participants in social, economic and political factions of Syrian society. They constitute 49.9% of Syria's population. According...

social leadership. Cabinet of Syria Government ministries of Syria Women in Syria "Women will play a key role in a new Syria, says minister". Al Jazeera...

in Syria is illegal, but the law is not strictly enforced. UNAIDS estimate there are 25,000 prostitutes in the country. Since the start of the Syrian...

The Women's Protection Units or Women's Defense Units is an all-female militia involved in the Syrian civil war. The YPJ is part of the Syrian Democratic...

General Union of Syrian Women (GUSW) was founded in 1967 with Saud al Abdallah serving as the original president. It aimed to mobilize women while developing...

Syria since 1920. President of Syria List of heads of state of Syria Vice President of Syria Prime Minister of Syria List of prime ministers of Syria...

Ba'athist Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR), was the Syrian state between 1963 and 2024 under the rule of the Syrian regional branch of...

Syria. It was established in December 2024 by the Syrian opposition after Ahmed al-Sharaa, Emir of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and now the de facto Syrian head...

In 2008, Syria was a destination and transit country for women and children trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. A significant...

The Syrian-Lebanese Women's Union (al-Ittihad al-Nisa'i al-Suri al-Lubnani) was a women's organization in Lebanon and Syria, founded in the 1920s and...

The Syrian civil war is an ongoing multi-sided conflict in Syria involving various state-sponsored and non-state actors. In March 2011, popular discontent...

الدبس) is a Syrian civil society activist and the head of the Women's Affairs Office in the Political Affairs Administration of Syria's transitional...

example of strong female achievement in a region in which women are heavily repressed. The civil laws of Syria are valid in Rojava, as far as they do not conflict...

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It is bounded by the Mediterranean...

institution since its establishment over 70 years earlier. Economy of Syria Women in Syria "Syria's new rulers tap first female central bank governor ever". Daily...

Since gaining independence from France in 1946, Syria has used a number of different flags, all featuring the pan-Arab colors of green, black, white, and...

Christianity in Syria (Arabic: المسيحية في سوريا) has among the oldest Christian communities on Earth, dating back to the first century AD, and has been...

Religion in Syria refers to the range of religions practiced by the citizens of Syria. Historically, the region has been a mosaic of diverse faiths with...

officially intervened in the Syrian civil war with the stated aim of fighting the Islamic State (ISIL/ISIS) terrorist organization in support of the international...

Imperialism in the Middle East 1914-1958. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780199287376. Sami M. Moubayed (2006). Steel & silk: men and women who shaped Syria 1900-2000...

Assad regime. The Syrian civil war, which had erupted in 2011 but subsided since a 2020 ceasefire, saw a series of opposition offensives in 2024 that overthrew...

The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of...

militia's conquests in the Middle East in April 2014, abandoned their family homes in Central Europe and illicitly travelled to Syria to join it. Their...

East Syria (AANES) in 2016. Supporters of the AANES state that the events constitute a social revolution with a prominent role played by women both on...

unrecognized quasi-state in Syria formed in November 2017 by Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and other Syrian opposition groups during the Syrian civil war. It controlled...

of Syria since 1920. President of Syria List of presidents of Syria List of heads of state of Syria Vice President of Syria Prime Minister of Syria Speaker...

Armed Forces and its ally the Syrian National Army have occupied areas of northern Syria since August 2016, during the Syrian civil war. Though these areas...

The Kurdish population of Syria is the country's largest ethnic minority, usually estimated at around 10% of the Syrian population and 5% of the Kurdish...

Party – Syria Region (Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي – قطر سوريا Ḥizb al-Ba'th al-'Arabī al-Ishtirākī – Quṭr Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Regional...

military intervention in Syria after a request by the government of Bashar al-Assad for military support in its fight against the Syrian opposition and Islamic...