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Syria: My Mother, the Accidental Activist

Political awareness prompted by daughter's repeated arrest.

Armenia's Power Deals with Iran, Russia

Extra capacity to export electricity to Iran will not make Armenia an independent player in energy markets.

Summoned to Vote for an Unwanted Leader in Syria

"I couldn’t make myself go and vote. How could I?"

A displaced family from Kobani settle in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhood. (Photo: Baraa al-Halabi)

Syria: My Brother's Children

“Where is my father? Why did he leave us?”

A child from one of the Yezidi families now settled in Armenia. (Photo: Armine Martirosyan)

Iraqi Yezidis Seek Refuge in Armenia

Although Armenia has a longstanding Yezidi community, only a handful of refugees have made it out of Iraq so far.

Bread and Blood - Life in a Syrian Conflict Zone

"My father was lying there in a pool of blood. Only a metre or two separated us, but I didn’t dare go to him."

Surviving Execution in Syria

Rebel fighter escapes death at hands of government executioner.

Tajik Families in Shock as Sons Die for Islamic State

Parents struggle to understand why young men went off to fight in faraway war.

A displaced family from Aleppo’s al-Fardous neighbourhood. (Photo: Hussam Kuwaifatiyeh)

A Journey via Aleppo's "Death Crossing"

Snipers daily risk to civilians getting from one side of the city to the other.

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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