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 rules are aimed at "enhancing public safety standards and preserving public decency", state media reports.

Signs that Syria is taking a more Islamist direction raise warning signs for liberal and more secular Syrians and for Western ...

Women in Syria must wear burkinis or swimwear that covers their body at public beaches and swimming pools, its tourism ...

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 ...

Syria's government has stated that women should wear burkinis or other swimwear that ... It calls for "more modest swimsuits" and specifies "the burkini or swimming clothes that cover the body more".

Syrian authorities have issued directives urging women to wear modest swimwear on public beaches, with a particular ...

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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 ...