ALBAWABA - Women activists questioned the fate of women's rights under Syria's new government led by Haya't Tahrir al-Sham, a Sunni Islamic group that toppled the old regime in Syria and controlled the government.
Syrian opposition factions headed by Haya't Tahrir al-Sham announced an operation on November 27 against the former Syrian regime led by ousted President Bashar Assad.
Opposition rebels began the operation from Aleppo city and they were able to shortly capture it in addition to other main towns and cities including Homs and Hama. In only 12 days the opposition in Syria was able to enter the capital Damascus and end over 50 years of Assad rule.
On December 8, Ahmed al-Sharaa, known more as Abu Mohammed al-Julani, announced the toppling of the regime in a statement from inside the Umayyad Mosque that Bashar Assad had spread sectarianism, and now "our country belongs to all of us."
However, many questioned the fate of women's rights under the new government which is considered Islamic rule.
What triggered more fear was the statements made by Obaida Arnaout, the spokesperson for the Political Administration of the Military Operations Department in Syria, regarding the role of women in the upcoming government.
Arnaout revealed: "The existence of women and their biological and psychological nature is not compatible with all jobs such as the Ministry of Defense, for example."
