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Sun, 9 Mar 2014 09:16 AM

Lebanon offers women freedoms denied to many in the Arab world, but campaigners say one woman a month is killed by domestic violence in the country of 4 million

Sat, 8 Mar 2014 13:59 PM

Firefighters try to put out a fire at a residential building, which activists said was shelled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo's Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood March 8, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Sat, 8 Mar 2014 13:57 PM

Firefighters try to put out a fire at a residential building, which activists said was shelled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo's Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood March 8, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Sat, 8 Mar 2014 12:41 PM

A woman holds up a sign with an image of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, during a rally in support of him in front of the U.N. office in Damascus March 8, 2014. The rally was organized by the General Union of Syrian Women on the occasion of International Women's Day. On March 8 activists around the globe celebrate International Women's Day, which dates back to the beginning of the 20th Century and has been observed by the United Nations since 1975. The UN writes that it is an occasion to commemorate achievements in women's rights and to call for further change. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)

Sat, 8 Mar 2014 12:18 PM

Women display a giant national flag and pictures of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, during a rally in support of him in front of the U.N. office in Damascus March 8, 2014. The rally was organized by the General Union of Syrian Women on the occasion of International Women's Day. On March 8 activists around the globe celebrate International Women's Day, which dates back to the beginning of the 20th Century and has been observed by the United Nations since 1975. The UN writes that it is an occasion to commemorate achievements in women's rights and to call for further change. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)

Sat, 8 Mar 2014 12:16 PM

Women with signs and a banner with an image of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, rally in support of him in front of the U.N. office in Damascus March 8, 2014. The rally was organized by the General Union of Syrian Women on the occasion of International Women's Day. On March 8 activists around the globe celebrate International Women's Day, which dates back to the beginning of the 20th Century and has been observed by the United Nations since 1975. The UN writes that it is an occasion to commemorate achievements in women's rights and to call for further change. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)

Sat, 8 Mar 2014 12:11 PM

Women hold up signs with an image of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, during a rally in support of him in front of the U.N. office in Damascus March 8, 2014. The rally was organized by the General Union of Syrian Women on the occasion of International Women's Day. On March 8 activists around the globe celebrate International Women's Day, which dates back to the beginning of the 20th Century and has been observed by the United Nations since 1975. The UN writes that it is an occasion to commemorate achievements in women's rights and to call for further change. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)

Sat, 8 Mar 2014 11:48 AM

A view shows a damaged mosque in the Jabal al-Akrad area, in Syria's northwestern Latakia province March 7, 2014. Picture taken March 7, 2014. REUTERS/Alaa Khweled (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT RELIGION)

Sat, 8 Mar 2014 11:47 AM

A view shows damaged houses in the Jabal al-Akrad area, in Syria's northwestern Latakia province March 7, 2014. Picture taken March 7, 2014. REUTERS/Alaa Khweled (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)