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Syrian women recount regime prison ordeal

By Burak Karacaoglu and Mohamad Misto - (IDLIB, Syria/ ISTANBUL)- Women who escaped from prisons run by the Bashar al-Assad regime say they suffered all forms of torture, including rape. The regime forces are responsible for 7,699 rape cases involving at least 864 women and...

Female survivors of Assad's prisons speak out

Women who were illegally held in the Assad regime’s prisons in Syria, where they were subjected to torture and rape, told Anadolu Agency about their sufferings and the horrors they witnessed. Women are among the biggest victims of the civil war in Syria, which is still raging on in its...

Abused, tortured Syrian woman recalls horrors

Despite the passage of years, a Syrian refugee in Turkey is still haunted by the horrors of her past under the Assad regime. Muna B., 33, has been living in the Reyhanli district of Turkey’s southeastern Hatay province for two years. Before fleeing to Turkey, she was arrested...