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 ...

The enforcement of a compulsory and restrictive dress code on women and girls in Syria violates their rights to private life, personal autonomy, freedom of expression, and freedom of religion ...

Syrian rebels, who toppled President Bashar Assad’s government and forced him to leave the country, recently announced that they will not impose any religious dress code on women and have ...

FILE - Veiled women sit in a garden in the northern province of Raqqa, Syria, March 31, 2014. The Islamic State has imposed strict new dress codes on women.