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Syrians More United Than World Believes

Opposition may be diverse, but it shares common distress about the past and hope for the future.

UN Syria Mission Doomed To Fail, Experts Say

Number of monitors too small to affect regime’s actions.

Syrian Opposition Sceptical of Ceasefire

Critics of peace plan warn it might give President Bashar al-Assad breathing space to consolidate control.

Trainees learn the financial management skills needed for a career in design in advertising. (Photo: IWPR)

Iraqi Women Trained in Ad Agency Skills

Enhancing financial management forms part of efforts to build female-run advertising and design agency.

First Person

Syrian Army Continues Idlib Onslaught

Local activist describes destruction in villages and indiscriminate killing.

Syria: Idlib is "New Baba Amr"

Activist says world seems to have forgotten about Syria’s plight.

IWPR Report Prompts Policy Shift on Returning Iraqis

Funds to become more readily available after story on concerns of Iraqis living in Syria.

Press Freedom Tested in Tunisian Courts

Newspaper executive released on bail pending trial for image deemed indecent.

In Memoriam

Top War Correspondent Killed in Syria

Marie Colvin was one of a handful of reporters on the ground in Homs describing the human cost of bombardment.

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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