The Syrian Initiative to Combat Statelessness 20 Thousands of children were the result of the marriage of these fighters to Syrian women, noting that there are no accurate statistics about their total numbers, but through communications with a number of activists and key players in their areas of influence, it was confirmed that the numbers are large. This is catastrophic for the local reality because of its negative repercussions on the future of these children. Particularly in the case of the husband’s death, as the wife was then often forced to marry another fighter, according to item 86 of the Human Rights Committee report (I lost my dignity).7 Umm Muhammad,8a 38-year-old woman from the countryside of Idlib, married a foreign fighter without knowing his name or real nationality. Until he was killed four and a half years after their wedding: “When he asked to marry me through my brother who was fighting with him, I knew him as Abu Hajar, but after he was killed in one of the battles, I learned from my brother that his name was Abdul Rahman, and that he was from Iraqi Kurdistan.” Umm Muhammad’s marriage to Abd al-Rahman resulted in the birth of two children, the oldest is six years old, and she has no official documents proving her marriage and the lineage of her children because she was married in the presence of a sheikh and witnesses only. She did not succeed to document the marriage or register her children in any official form in her city, since the authorities refused to document the marriage and childbirth because the children’s father is of unknown parentage and is unrecognized in the civil records. This has left Umm Muhammad and her children to face many problems such as inability to access appropriate health care, and inability to access education, relief aid, not to mention the negative perception of society. | Rape of women in detention centers: The Syrian regime has used sexual violence against women, girls, men and boys since the beginning of the Syrian revolution and continues to do so until today, as a means to spread terror, humiliation and punishment. This injustice constitutes great suffering for all Syrians, while women and 7 8 37th session of the Human Rights Council- 2018 ( I lost my dignity) Report During the period of the research, which lasted for two and a half years, the team met with several cases representing all affected and targeted groups of the research.