Women Are Free, and Armed, in Kurdish-Controlled Northern Syria

MANBIJ, Syria — Radwan, a 30-year-old Arab man, came with four male witnesses and a grievance with an ex-wife to a place called the Women's House here in Manbij, in northern Syria. He had recently divorced his second wife, Amira, 17, and he wanted back the gold he had given her as a bride price ...

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