The Syrian Ministry of Tourism has published a new set of guidelines and rules on the use of beaches and pools in particular. Many of these guidelines and rules are common-sense in nature (e.g. observing flag indications on the beach, such as the red flag signalling that the seas are dangerous). However, other rules simply reflect the fact that the new government has principally sprung out of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (whose foundations lie in Salafi Islam) and the more socially conservative environment of Idlib and its environs.
The fall of the Assad regime has meant that many of the group's fighters, 'muhajirin' (the foreign fighters and their families who were on the side of the insurgency that toppled the Assad regime) and residents of Idlib and its environs are now freely able to visit the coastal areas of Syria and make use of its beaches. Indeed, I myself have observed many of them partaking in such visits. Unsurprisingly, such constituencies, which the new government has to have regard for, are hardly going to be appreciative of users in Western swimwear (in particular the bikini for women).
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