‘Where have the young men gone?’ Single Syrian women search for soulmates

Syrian student Nour wistfully examines her bare ring finger, then scans fellow classmates around her at Damascus University. Amid the sea of women, ...

Female activist speaks of torture in Syrian prisons

As war rages, Syrian women look to keep up appearances

Surrounded by Syria's raging civil war, some women in the bubble of regime-held Damascus are determined to keep up appearances

Syrian refugee women face sexual exploitation

Syrian women and girls are growing more vulnerable to sexual exploitation in Lebanon as their exile drags out and poverty increases

Women of War: Syria photos win top Paris prize

Images of an exclusively female battalion win the Medaille d’Or from the Prix de la Photographie Paris

1800GMT: Kurdish president calls for vote on independence

Syrian refugee brides advertised on Facebook

Social media users expressed anger at a Facebook page reportedly putting Syrian refugee women up for marriage

Thousands of children flee Syria without parents, U.N. agencies say

Around 8,000 children have crossed the Syrian border into neighboring countries unaccompanied by their parents since the conflict began

Syrian women demand voice at U.N.-brokered talks

Syrian women in Geneva form a team to coordinate with peace negotiators

Arab Spring nations backtrack on women’s rights, poll says

Arab women played a central role in the Arab Spring, but their hopes the revolts would bring greater freedom and expanded rights for women have been ...

U.N. program eases hardship for Syrian refugee women

Women and Girls Oasis is a U.N. program which has helped more than 700 Syrian women who are refugees in Jordan’s Zaatari camp. Ghada Ali, ...

Helping Syria's wounded

Syria frees dozens more women in hostage deal

Syrian authorities have released dozens of women prisoners, including prominent blogger Tal al-Mallohi, in one of the final stages of a three-way ...