DAMASCUS –  “To go back? It’s not an option for us. I would be scared to death for my children. It was hard to leave, but we couldn’t stay there any longer. And surely we do not want to return to Iraq”.

For Inas, as for many others, the choices are limited. But instead of facing life in Baghdad again, she’d rather keep her shabby one-room place in Saideh Zeinab, shared with her three children and her invalid husband.