A resurfaced video of Syria's Justice Minister Shadi al-Waisi overeeing the execution of a woman for adultery, raises ...

Women were 13% of judges in Baathist Syria, and had double that representation in the capital of Damascus. Women comprised 46% of university students in the old regime, though they tended to major ...

Three women were killed and several injured, including five children, in a stampede at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus Friday, ...

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 few, ...

But since he and his fellow jihadists advanced from Idlib, their northern enclave, and toppled the Assads on December 8th, ...

Stampede was caused by overcrowding at civilian-organized event inside the mosque, largest in Damascus, says Syrian Civil ...

With its chic galleries, dimly lit bars and smoky cafés, Damascus’ vibrant cultural scene is flourishing again. But will this ...

The late Hadiya Shatakh, one of the members of the ancient Jewish community in Damascus, has passed away at age 92. Shatakh, who had no children, belonged to a long-time family from the ancient ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - At least three women were killed and five children injured in a stampede in the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Friday, the Syrian civil defence said. The children suffered ...

When Green foreign minister Annalena Baerbock presented her “Guidelines for a Feminist Foreign Policy” in March 2023, we ...

At least three women were killed and five children injured in a stampede in the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Friday, the Syrian civil defense said. The children suffered fractures ...