Some Iraqis remain in Damascus despite war
Many Iraqis who live in Syria prefer to stay despite the war, because they consider the killings in Baghdad to be more "random."
Despite the fighting, security deterioration and power outages in the Syrian capital Damascus, Iraqis living there prefer to stay where they are rather than return to Iraq.
Ahmed al-Samarrai keeps calling his sister Bushra, who has been living in Damascus since 2006, to convince her to return to Baghdad. Yet, she keeps refusing.