Iraqi Military Pushes Back Into Tal Afar

Insurgents still hold Mosul and other key Sunni towns.

IWPR digital security expert Bahaa Nasr explains how to use encrypted emails. (Photo: IWPR)

New Digital Security Trainers for Middle East/North Africa

Courses provide skills for trainers to take back to their own countries.

Iraqis fleeing violence arrive at a Kurdish checkpoint next to a temporary displacement camp at Kalak. June 14, 2014. (Photo: Dan Kitwood/copyright Getty Images)

Airstrikes as Iraqi Military Tries to Halt ISIS Advance

Reports of fight-back come as Iraq’s most senior Shia cleric calls for volunteers to fight insurgents.

Large Numbers of Syrian Children in Lebanon Out of School

Refugee families often prefer to have their children work because they need the income.

Digital Attacks on Syrian Activists: Awareness Campaign

Week of activities to inform web users of threats they face and how to address them.

On Syrian Leader's Home Ground, Many Mistrust Election

One voter describes upcoming presidential ballot as a “farce”.

Civil Defence Under Fire in Aleppo

Underpaid rescue workers have inadequate equipment and face huge risks.

Armenia Stays Neutral on Syrian War

Despite attack on ethnic Armenian village, officials in Yerevan say it is vital to avoid getting drawn into conflict.

Damascus Children Face Grim Reality

Vulnerable youngsters languish in government-run centres or fend for themselves on the streets.

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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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