Syria

Mobile Phones Used to Text Threats

Modern cellphones may be convenient, but many Iraqis are abandoning them because they bear nothing but bad news.

13 Sep 06

With no Islamic militants to threaten them, beauty salons in the Kurdish north are attracting droves of customers.

7 Aug 06

Bird flu scare did little to hinder a traditional spectator sport in the Kurdish north.

4 Aug 06

Police patrol the streets and comb the mountains in search of the armed Islamic forces that raided Nalchik last year.

6 Jul 06

Sectarianism and growing Islamic power concerns Christians in this ethnically mixed city.

6 Jun 06

Kidnapping, murder and arrest are the price of doing business in the most dangerous country in the world to practice journalism.

5 May 06

Interior ministry prints high-quality passports in an attempt to reduce forgeries.

21 Feb 06

Sunni, Shia and Kurds take to the streets in non-violent demonstrations against Danish newspaper.

16 Feb 06

Residents want basic services before greenery.

10 Feb 06

Though the constitutional referendum is over, the exclusion of expatriate Iraqis still rankles.

8 Dec 05

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