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Syrian Conflict Casts Long Shadow Over Iraq

Uncertain allegiances and fears of spillover.

Prosecuting Gaddafi-Era Crimes in Libya

Whether or not Saif al-Islam goes to the Hague, Libya’s legal system will struggle to deal with the many other cases likely to be brought.

Alarm at Attacks on Turkish Armenians

While Istanbul police say common criminals carried out assaults, others suspect an ethnic motive.

Tunisia Still Reeling From Belaid Assassination

Ennahda picks one of its own to take over prime minister’s post after dismissing plan for a non-partisan government to see country through crisis.

Political Killing Leaves Tunisia in Turmoil

As politicians argue about what to do next, Tunisians take to the streets in scenes reminiscent of spring 2011.

Existential Fears in Afghanistan

Local experts say unchecked pressure from neighbours could fracture the state.

Tunisian Conference Probes Police Reforms

Some say too little has changed since reforms were launched after 2011 revolution.

Tunisia: Conference on Police Reform

IWPR involved in organising meeting on how policing can change for the better.

Karabakh Offers New Home to Syrian Armenians

Resettlement scheme angers Azerbaijan, which sees it as an obstruction to an eventual peace deal.

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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