Honor killings were both legal and prevalent in Iraq under Sadam&#x27;s rule.
The Baath party also operated para-military militias that enforced &quot;morality&quot; rules mostly targeting prostitutes and homosexual.
Extra marital sex was punishable in Sadam&#x27;s Iraq and it was commonly enforced by either the family or the government which quite often resulted in death.
The picture as far as Syria goes isn&#x27;t that different the only major difference is that unlike Iraq Syria had and still has specific laws that target homosexuals rather than just &quot;extra martial sex&quot;.