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A defaced mural of Hafez al-Assad, father of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seen on a highway on the outskirts of Damascus on December 17, 2024. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Syria’s Ten Post-Assad Challenges

As Syrians start to re-build, complex domestic, regional and international realties will determine this transition.

A man is pictured in front of a vandalised political banner featuring a portrait of Bashar al-Assad, following news the Syrian government regime had fallen on, December 8, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. © Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images

First Person

“Is Syria Now the Same Country I Left?"

This has given people across the whole region hope.

People react to the fall of Syrian regime in Umayyad Square on December 8, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. Rebel forces in Syria claimed that they had retaken the capital from longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, who was reported to have fled the country. © Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images

First Person

Syria: “Can I Just Be Happy Today?”

It’s like a miracle. Not a single drop of blood was shed in Damascus.

A woman waves the flag of the Syrian rebels as people gather to celebrate the fall of the government, in Umayyad Square on December 8, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. Rebel forces in Syria claimed that they had retaken the capital from longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, who was reported to have fled the country. © Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images

First Person

Syria: “Right Now I Am Not Afraid”

Many of us wanted change but couldn’t express it because of our extreme fear.

Women journalists working in the Turkish media face multiple challenges, including prejudice, exclusion and harassment. © Burak Kara/Getty Images

Interview

Turkey: “Media Can Show Solutions”

How newsrooms need to organise to boost gender equality.

The Beirut skyline is seen at sunset on August 06, 2024 in Beirut, Lebanon. The recent assassination of a Hezbollah military commander in Lebanon, as well as the killing of the political leader of Hamas in Iran, has heightened concerns of a wider regional war between Israel and Iran-backed enemies like Hezbollah. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images

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Lebanon: Nothing About This is Normal

Despite ordinary people’s great resilience, we must never normalise civilians forced to live in a state of war.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

Special Mention: 2024 Women’s Journalism Prize

Short Sleeves in Iraq

Defying social pressure to cope with the hardships of the summer heat.

International Criminal Court building in The Hague, Netherlands. © United Nations Photo/Creative Commons

Interview

“International Justice is the Servant of the World”

Leading justice expert explains why potential indictments over Gaza war could be a game-changer.

An Israeli soldier takes aim from behind a wall as journalists cover their patrol in the Jenin refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank on November 29, 2023, during an ongoing military operation in the camp. © Zain Jaafar/AFP

World Press Freedom Day 2024

Gaza: “Everyone Has a Family in Danger”

How local journalists cover the story amid intense physical and mental peril for themselves - and their loved ones.

Global Voices: Middle East & North Africa

The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

Araceli cries while talking about her brother who disappeared along the border and whose remains were repatriated. © Andrea Godínez

Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

A search for family members gone missing in Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, forensic examiner at the Pima County morgue, inside the trailer that holds the remains of migrants who perished along the border. © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, a forensic medical investigator in Pima County, holds the skull of a deceased migrant. © Andrea Godínez

Román Coc holds photos of his daughter Laura, who disappeared in the Arizona desert 13 years ago. © Andrea Godínez

A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant. © Andrea Godínez

There are no statistics on cases of femicide - the killing of women on the grounds of hatred of women, with the acquiescence of the state - in Uzbekistan.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

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IWPR Women’s Prize for Journalism

IWPR’s inaugural award for outstanding journalism recognises the work of our network of women reporters worldwide. Working in often challenging environments, these journalists face additional threats such as harassment, gender-based violence and systemic misogyny.

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