IWPR Iraq Boosts Women's Media Skills
Participants study marketing and photography in preparation for female-run advertising agency.
Participants study marketing and photography in preparation for female-run advertising agency.
Disconnect from conflict on the ground saps confidence in overseas political movement.
Alarm at downing of Turkish fighter plane, but no appetite for military intervention.
Mainstream politicians on all sides agree on the threat, but critics say they should set example of unity themselves.
Opposition divided between advocates of violent and peaceful means of resolving conflict.
Government says its resettlement programme has boosted numbers, though main driver seems to be fear of violence in host states.
Rate of shelling has fallen since United Nations team arrived in the area, but locals fear government forces will hit back with a vengeance when monitors leave.
Opposition may be diverse, but it shares common distress about the past and hope for the future.
Number of monitors too small to affect regime’s actions.
Critics of peace plan warn it might give President Bashar al-Assad breathing space to consolidate control.