Crimes against women and girls not only reveal a social crisis, but also lay bare the shortcomings of Syrian law and uneven legal systems in different areas of control.
The numerous parties to the Syrian war are ignoring the theft and forgeries of properties of minorities in the country, including the properties of Syriac Assyrians who have fled the war.
Women working in the public sphere in northwestern Syria face blackmail, threats and harassment, leading some to limit or abandon their activities as a result.