Syria's Islamist-led interim government has decreed that women must wear burkinis - a swimsuit that covers the body except ...

Syria implements new swimwear rules. Public beaches and pools now require women to wear burkinis or modest attire. Private ...

By bna Cairo Bureau Syrian authorities have issued new Islamic regulations tightening the dress code at public beaches and ...

The regulations, issued by the tourism ministry, were "aimed at enhancing public safety standards and preserving public decency", Syrian state ... specifying "the burkini or swimming clothes ...

In a significant move aimed at regulating beach attire, Syria’s Minister of Tourism, Mazen el-Salhani, announced a new set of ...

Women have been ordered to wear more conservative dress for the first time since the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Islamist coalition ...

Ghayath Al-Farah, Syria's Deputy Tourism Minister, said in an interview with Zaman al‑Wasl TV, translated from Arabic: ...

The beach is not a place you expect to see armed policemen surrounding a woman in a burkini, a full-body ... I read about the inspiring story of the Syrian swimmer Yusra Mardini, a member ...