Rana, a member of the only all-female Katiba fighting beside the Free Syrian Army, standing inside a secret command outpost in the city of Aleppo says: "what choice do we have?î. Rana 20 years ...

The women are expected to bolster the male force in the Syrian Arab army, which has been depleted through fighting with rebels and Islamic State militants elsewhere in Syria.

Several Syrian National Army factions and their leaders have been sanctioned by the United States for grave human rights abuses. The commanders now occupy influential roles in the country’s ...

The Syrian government’s elite special mission force opened fire on older women as they prepared to flee from advancing troops in western Aleppo, media reports suggest. Syrian Army Accused of ...

Close to 800 women swell the ranks of the Syrian army. This elite commando unit was created to “promote the role of Syrian women”, according to Damascus authorities. But is it just a PR move ...

Aisha: "Women like all Syrians have mixed relations with the rebels. Not many, but some women have joined the rebels; there are female snipers in the Free Syrian Army (FSA).

The hostility of Turkey and its gangs against women reveals the two-line war in Syria. People’s leader Abdullah Ocalan, predicted for the 21st century: “Either Socialism or Barbarism”. We ...

The female fighters of Brigade 130 file their complaint about their treatment in army of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a video interview uploaded to the internet. Things must be going pretty ...

Syrian refugee children raise their hands as they attend class in a UNICEF school at the Al-Zaatari refugee camp on March 11, 2015. Nearly 4 million people have fled Syria since 2011, when anti ...

Two Syrian Women, Two Very Different Perspectives On War Melissa Block talks to two women in Syria. ... But in the areas after the control of a Christian army, they got shelled everyday.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has recruited a brigade of women to man checkpoints and carry out security operations as he attempts to free up soldiers in his beleaguered army to fight the rebels.

Syrian army breaks Isis' three-year-long siege of Deir Ezzor. Liberating the city will mean relief for its 70,000 residents as Isis, feeling the pressure, begins to conscript female fighters ...