Women Killed in the Name of the Homeland: When Return to Syria Becomes a Threat - The Syrian Observer

Women Killed in the Name of the Homeland: When Return to Syria Becomes a Threat - The Syrian Observer

The prospect of returning to Syria, now discussed more openly among some Syrian refugees in Germany after the regime’s fall, is not always framed as a rational collective decision. Instead, it often surfaces as a test of loyalty—or as an internal exercise of power, where the male figure seeks to reassert his dominance within the family. Strikingly, in some households that once fled state oppression, the idea of return is not seen merely as a sov…

Women Killed in the Name of "Home": Has a "Return to Syria" Transformed into a Threat?

A Syrian man killed his wife in Germany, following a disagreement about returning to Syria. There was no knife, just a decision. A decision she voiced, and he rejected. The price was her life.