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Women in Syria are active participants in social, economic and political factions of Syrian society. They constitute 49.9% of Syria's population. According to World Bank data from 2021, there are around 10.6 million women in Syria. [6] However, Syrian women and girls still experience challenges, especially since the outbreak of the civil war in ...
Women have been involved in Syrian Kurdish Resistance fighting since as early as 2011, when the mixed-sex YXG was founded, later to be renamed YPG in 2012. [12] The YPJ was founded as a strictly women's organization on 4 April 2013 [ 12 ] with the first battalion formed in Jindires [ 13 ] and later expanded its activities towards the Kobane and ...
In northern Syria, east of the Euphrates River, a women’s militia has been battling ISIS -- and battling the odds. "We just want peace. We just want women to live safe," says Lana.
By 2014, the number of defecting officers had reached approximately 170,000, from different ranks. They formed the Free Syrian Army on 29 July 2011 (interview with Riad Al-Asaad - the founder and leader of the Free Syrian Army) and at the beginning of the conflict they depended on light weapons. The arming of the Free Syrian Army began in mid-2012.
For the West, the collapse of the regime is a cause for both cautious optimism and significant concern. “This is an opportunity to stabilize Syria in a more meaningful way than was ever possible ...
The Women's Affairs Office (Arabic: مكتب شؤون المرأة) is a department of the Government of Syria.It was created on 22 December 2024 by the Syrian transitional government in the aftermath of the fall of the Assad regime [1] as part of broader efforts to include Syrian women in political and social leadership.
"Syrian President Assad of Syria and members of his family have arrived in Moscow. Russia has granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds," the privately-owned Interfax news agency and state media ...
Pakistan is the only country in the Islamic world to have women appointed in the high ranking assignments and the general officer ranks, [47] as well as performing their military duties in the hostile and combat military operations. [47] Women have been taking part in Pakistan military since 1947 after the establishment of Pakistan, currently a ...