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A member of the Free Syrian Army holds his weapon as he sits on a sofa in the middle of a street in Deir al-Zor on April 2. (Khalil Ashawi / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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A bust of late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, father of the current president, hangs from a broken window in Deir al-Zor on April 2. (Khalil Ashawi / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Members of the Free Syrian Army work on an improvised mortar shell in Deir al-Zor, Syria, on March 8. (Khalil Ashawi / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Free Syrian Army fighters carry their weapons and cheer as they drive in the northeastern provincial capital of Raqqa after capturing it, on March 4, in Syria. Opposition sources and residents said rebel fighters captured Raqqa on Monday and toppled a statue of President Bashar Assad's father, in what would be the first major city to be captured since the revolt erupted in March 2011. EDITOR'S NOTE: Photo distributed by the opposition-affiliated Shaam News Network. (Mohamed Al-husain / Shaam News Network / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Syrian refugees run from a gas explosion at the Al Zaatari Syrian refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria on March 8. A fire, caused by the gas explosion, did not result in any death or injuries, but damaged some 35 tents at the camp. (Muhammad Hamed / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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A woman wearing a scarf depicting the Syrian opposition flag walks on a heavily damaged street in Deir al-zor, Syria, on March 3. (Khalil Ashawi / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Free Syrian Army fighters carry their weapons as they pose next to bodies of forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Assad in the Al-Khalidiya neighborhood of Homs, Syria, on March 3. EDITOR'S NOTE: Photo distributed by the opposition-affiliated Shaam News Network. (Thair Al-khalidieh / Shaam News Network / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation -
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Members of the Free Syrian Army inspect the wreckage of a helicopter, belonging to forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, near Menagh military airport, in Aleppo, Syria, on March 2. (Mahmoud Hassano / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Nihal, 9, puts olive tree branches inside a wooden stove at an underground Roman tomb that is used for shelter from Syrian government forces shelling and airstrikes, at Jabal al-Zaweya, in Idlib province, Syria, on Feb. 28. Across northern Syria, rebels, soldiers, and civilians are making use of the country's wealth of ancient and medieval antiquities to protect themselves from Syria's 2-year-old war. The structures are built of thick stone that has already withstood centuries, and are often located in strategic locations overlooking towns and roads. (Hussein Malla / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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Members of Liwa (brigade) Hamzah, a newly formed Islamist brigade from the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor, take part in a rally in the center of the city to announce their formation on Feb. 25. (Zac Baillie / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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Syrians dig through rubble as they search for bodies in the Tariq al-Bab neighborhood of Aleppo on Feb. 23, 2013, the day after a missile attack. Aleppo, Syria's largest city, has been the scene of some of the heaviest fighting of the civil war pitting President Bashar Assad's regime against rebels bent on ousting him. (Bruno Gallardo / EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
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A man comes to the aid of an injured woman near the site of a large explosion in Damascus on Feb. 21, in an image made available by the state-run news agency, SANA. Syrian state media said the car bombing near the Baath Party headquarters and the Russian Embassy was a suicide attack. (SANA via EPA) Back to slideshow navigation -
A girl returning from school cries upon seeing her destroyed house after a missile strike in the al-Myassar neighborhood of Aleppo on Feb. 20. (Muzaffar Salman / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Men rescue a child trapped in an apartment after a missile strike in the al-Myassar neighborhood of Aleppo on Feb. 20. (Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Syrians survey the destruction following an apparent surface-to-surface missile strike on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Feb. 19, in this image released by Syria's opposition-run Aleppo Media Centre (AMC). Six children were among at least 19 people killed in an apparent surface-to-surface missile strike on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo late on Feb. 18, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. (AMC via AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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Um Jaafar, a female fighter in the Free Syrian Army, sits in front of other women undergoing military training in Aleppo on Feb. 17. A group of women, including Umm Jaafar, are undergoing military training to form the Nazek Obeid group as part of the Sawt al-Haq (Voice of Rights) battalion, which is based on the frontline of Aleppo's Sheikh Saeed neighborhood. Um Jaafar was a women's hairdresser before the revolution and was trained by her husband Abu Jaafar, a Sawt al-Haq battalion commander, to be part of Sawt al-Haq. (Muzaffar Salman / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Syrian rebels fire a mortar towards regime forces stationed at Kwiriss airport in Al-Bab, 30 kilometers from the northeastern Syrian city of Aleppo, on Feb. 14, 2013. (Elias Edouard / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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Free Syrian Army fighters and civilians transport a wounded man into a hospital in Aleppo's al-Shaar district after what activists said was a ground-to ground missile attack by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, Feb. 8, 2013. (Saad AbuBrahim / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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A Free Syrian Army fighter, who was wounded by a hand grenade, lies on the ground during heavy fighting outside a Syrian Army base in the Arabeen neighborhood of Damascus, Feb. 3, 2013. The hand grenade was thrown by Syrian Army soldiers and wounded four Free Syrian Army fighters. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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U.S. soldiers wait beside a U.S. Patriot missile system at a Turkish military base in Gaziantep on Feb. 5, 2013. The United States, Germany and the Netherlands each committed to sending two batteries and up to 400 soldiers to operate them after Ankara asked for help to bolster its air defenses against possible missile attack from Syria. (Osman Orsal / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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A man carries a child in his arms in the Ansari neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Feb. 3, 2013, after an airstrike. The Britain-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which opposes the regime, said government troops bombarded a building in Ansari that killed over 10 people, including at least five children. (Thomas Rassloff / EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
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A Free Syrian Army fighter throws a hand grenade inside a Syrian Army base during heavy fighting in the Arabeen neighborhood of Damascus on Feb. 3, 2013. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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A general view of damaged buildings in Jouret al-Shayah, Homs, Syria, on Feb. 2, 2013. (Yazan Homsy / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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A Syrian man carries a newborn baby in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan on Jan. 31, 2013. Record numbers of refugees are fleeing the violence and bombings in Syria to cross the borders to safety in northern Jordan and overwhelming the Zaatari camp. (Jeff J. Mitchell / Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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Free Syrian Army fighters run for cover as a tank shell explodes on a wall during heavy fighting in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus on Jan. 30, 2013. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Locals gather at the banks of a small canal coming from a government-controlled suburb of Aleppo, Syria, to view dozens of bodies on Jan. 29, 2013. At least 65 people were found shot dead with their hands bound in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Jan. 29 in a "new massacre" in the near two-year revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said. Opposition campaigners blamed the government but it was impossible to confirm who was responsible. (Thomas Rassloff / EPA) Back to slideshow navigation -
Free Syrian Army fighters carry a comrade who was shot by sniper fire during heavy fighting in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus on Jan. 30, 2013. The fighter died soon after. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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A sniper with the Free Syrian Army fires from inside a house in Mleha, a suburb of Damascus, on Jan. 22, 2013. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Men ride on a motorcycle loaded with firewood in Aleppo on Jan. 22, 2013. (Muzaffar Salman / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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A Free Syrian Army fighter walks between buildings damaged by government air strikes in Haresta, a neighborhood of Damascus, Jan. 19, 2013. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Guevara, right, a Syrian-Palestinian woman married to a rebel battalion commander, holds a sniper rifle in Aleppo on Jan. 19, 2013. Guevara was the director of a secondary school before the revolution and is now one of the main snipers of the battalion on the frontline in Aleppo. (Muzaffar Salman / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Youssef, a member of the Free Syrian Army, holds his wife as his comrades fire their weapons to celebrate his wedding after the ceremony in Aleppo on Jan. 17, 2013. (Muzaffar Salman / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Syrian rebels launch a missile near the Abu Baker brigade in Albab, 18 miles from the northeastern Syrian city of Aleppo, Jan. 16, 2013. (Elias Edouard / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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People inspect the damage after explosions at the Information Engineering College in Aleppo, Syria, Jan. 15, in this photo released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency. Twin blasts inside the university campus left more than 80 people dead, anti-regime activists said. What caused the blasts remained unclear. Anti-regime activists trying to topple President Bashar Assad's regime said his forces carried out two airstrikes. Syrian state media, for its part, blamed rebels fighting the Syrian government, saying they fired rockets that struck the campus. (SANA via EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
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Free Syrian Army fighters run across a street in the Ain Tarma neighborhood in Damascus on Jan. 15. Syria's crisis began in March 2011 with protests calling for political reform. The conflict has since turned into civil war, with scores of rebel groups fighting Assad's forces throughout the country. The U.N. says more than 60,000 people have been killed. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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People gather at a site hit by what activists said was missiles fired by a Syrian Air Force fighter jet at the souk of Azaz, north of Aleppo, on Jan. 13. (Muzaffar Salman / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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A Syrian rebel carrying food supplies walks in front of a damaged helicopter at Taftanaz air base after it was captured by rebels in Idlib province, northern Syria, Friday Jan. 11, in this image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting. Islamic militants seeking to topple President Bashar Assad took full control of a strategic northwestern air base in a significant blow to government forces, seizing helicopters, tanks and multiple rocket launchers, activists said. (Ebid News Network via AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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Syrian refugees children walk after heavy rain at Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, on Jan. 10. The season's first winter storm left much of the camp flooded and hundreds of tents collapsed under the weight of rain and snow. The population of Zaatari camp has grown to nearly 60,000 since it opened in August. (Muhammad Hamed / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Syrian rebel fighters maintain their positions in foxholes on the frontline of the ongoing battle for the military airport in Taftanaz, Syria, on Jan. 6. Syrian President Bashar Assad, in a rare speech Sunday, outlined his own vision for ending the country's conflict with a plan that would keep him in power. He also dismissed any chance of dialogue with the armed opposition and called on Syrians to fight what he called "murderous criminals." (Mustafa Karali / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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A street vendor sells cotton candy in Aleppo, Syria, on Jan. 15. (Muzaffar Salman / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks at the Opera House in central Damascus on Jan. 6, 2013. Assad outlined a new peace initiative that includes a national reconciliation conference and a new government and constitution but demanded regional and Western countries stop funding and arming rebels first. (SANA via AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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Snow falls over damaged buildings in Homs, Syria, on Jan. 9. Fierce winter weather has worsened the plight of war-weary Syrians and refugees fleeing the conflict. (Yazan Homsy / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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A boy climbs a tree at a public park to cut branches to use as firewood in Aleppo on Jan. 1, 2013. (Muzaffar Salman / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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A girl looks up at the sky after hearing the sound of shelling at a school playground in Aleppo on Jan. 1, 2013. (Muzaffar Salman / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
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