Syria authorities says girls should put on burkinis at public seashores

Syria authorities says girls should put on burkinis at public seashores

Syria’s Islamist-led interim government has decreed that women must wear burkinis – a swimsuit that covers the body except for the face, hands and feet – or other “decent” clothes at public beaches and swimming pools. Syrian state news channel Al-Ikhbariyah al-Suriyah said the regulations, issued by the tourism ministry, were “aimed at enhancing public … Read more

Syria former jail guard – ‘I confirmed them no mercy’

Syria former jail guard – ‘I confirmed them no mercy’

Dozens of former officials have spoken to the BBC about their role enforcing the brutality of the Assad regime – including a man who said he tortured detainees, then defected in 2012. The rare first-hand testimony forms part of a BBC investigation into Syria’s notorious prisons under its former president, Bashar al-Assad, who was overthrown … Read more