Syrian rebels belonging to the Al-Liwa Tawhid bloc, in the Karmal Jawl area, after several days of intense clashes between militants and the Syrian army in Aleppo, Syria, October 25, 2012. (Narquiso Contreras/Associated Press)
Syrian rebels attend training in Maaret Ikhwan, near Idlib, December 17, 2012. (Muhammad Muheisen/Associated Press)
Muhammad Halak's wife sits next to his body. A woman mourns after her husband was killed during fighting between militants and the Syrian army in Idlib, in the north of the country, on March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd/Associated Press)
A Free Syrian Army fighter takes refuge in a building during clashes with the Syrian army in Aleppo, September 25, 2012. (Manu Brabo/Associated Press)
People help wounded Free Syrian Army fighters during a bloody clash with government forces at a military academy besieged by rebels, north of Aleppo, Syria, December 15, 2012. (Narquiso Contreras/Associated Press)
The emotions of a Syrian man whose brother was seriously wounded during clashes between security forces and armed groups in Latakia, northwest of Damascus, Syria, March 27, 2011. (Hussein Malla/Associated Press)
A Syrian man screams outside Dar El Hospital in Aleppo after his daughter was wounded during an air force attack on a school where hundreds of refugees had found shelter, October 4, 2012. (Manu Brabo/Associated Press)
A Free Syrian Army fighter looks through a mirror that helps him see the other side of Syrian troops during fighting in the old city of Aleppo, Syria, September 24, 2012. (Hussein Malla/Associated Press)
A man shines a flashlight on the body of a murdered Syrian man at a cemetery in Aleppo, October 13, 2012. (Manu Brabo/Associated Press)
A boy looks out of a Syrian refugee tent at a camp in Boynuyogun, Turkey, June 14, 2011. (Vadim Ghirda / Associated Press)
Free Syrian Army fighters swim in a swimming pool on the outskirts of Aleppo, June 12, 2012. (Associated Press)
Evacuated Syrian children play in a refugee camp near the town of Atma, in Idlib province, October 26, 2012. (Manu Brabo/Associated Press)
Birds fly over the destroyed minaret of a mosque in the northern town of Ariha, on the outskirts of Idlib, June 10, 2012. (Khalil Hamra/Associated Press)
A rebel army fighter shows a shell, Aleppo, January 15, 2013. (Andoni Lubaki/Associated Press)
Militants stand next to a tire fire during shooting at a Syrian army checkpoint in the suburbs of Damascus, Syria, March 17, 2012. (Associated Press)
Supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad wave Syrian flags during a demonstration in support of the president in Damascus, March 29, 2011. (Bassem Tellawi/Associated Press)
A wounded man lies in the street, shot in the stomach. A man, trying to avoid direct fire, was targeted by a Syrian army sniper while walking near the front line in Basten al-Qasr, outside Aleppo, October 20, 2012. (Narciso Contrera / Associated Press)
A Free Syrian Army fighter flees after being attacked during fighting in the Izaa area of Aleppo, Syria, September 7, 2012. (Manu Brabo/Associated Press)
A rebel army sniper took aim at Syrian army soldiers. He and another militant are reflected in a mirror in a residential building in Jedida, in the Aleppo area, on October 29, 2012. (Narquiso Contreras/Associated Press)
A militant takes his position during a clash with the Syrian army, near the city of Sarmin, Syria, February 27, 2012. (Rodrigo Abd/Associated Press)
Free Syrian Army fighters ride on a motorcycle as Syrian army tanks approach the city of Idlib, in northern Syria, March 11, 2012. (Rodrigo Abd/Associated Press)
Syrian policeman Adnan al-Hamod, 33, lit kerosene lamp in an underground cave used for shelter from shelling and airstrikes by Syrian government forces, in the village of Jirjanaz, Idlib province, February 28, 2013. (Hussein Malla/Associated Press)
A woman holds her daughter as they stand on the balcony of her home, which was damaged by a Syrian army attack in central Idlib, northern Syria, Monday, February 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
Hamza Mansour, general secretary Islamic Action Front, joined Syrians living in Amman, Jordan, during Ramadan prayers in front of the Syrian embassy. People call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resign, August 26, 2011. (Mohammad Hannon/Associated Press)
Syrian families who have fled violence in their village sit in a tent at a refugee camp in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border, November 5, 2012. (Khalil Hamra/Associated Press)
Syrian boy lies on the ground under mosquito net. He and his family fled their home due to clashes between Syrian government forces and rebels. The family tries to escape to Turkey and settle in one of the refugee camps, now they are near the Syrian city of Azaz, August 28, 2012. (Muhammad Muheisen/Associated Press)
A gunman fires a winning salvo outside a building housing Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Hafez al-Assad as fighting unfolds near Aleppo, Syria, November 4, 2012. The uprising against Assad began with peaceful demonstrations in March last year and has since descended into a bloody civil war. Activists say more than 36,000 people have been killed in 19 months of fighting.
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A man mourns his murdered son at a morgue in Aleppo on October 23, 2012.
Snipers in Aleppo (the second largest city in Syria) October 29, 2012. Fighters bombed the city from the air for a long time.
A relative administers oxygen to the lungs of an eight-year-old girl who was seriously injured by machine gun fire in eastern Aleppo on October 31, 2012. There were also many civilians among the victims. War knows no mercy.
Kamal, father of an eight-year-old girl. It is unbearably hard for him to hear the screams of his daughter, who was taken to the operating room of a local hospital. Aleppo, Syria, October 31, 2012.
A cat in the ruins of Homs on November 1, 2012.
A man makes his way across the slabs of a destroyed building on October 17, 2012, Homs.
A sniper takes aim through a small hole in the wall. A destroyed building in the city of Aleppo on October 28, 2012.
The machine gunner responds to a sniper's shot. The photo was taken on October 11, 2012.
Residents in a house destroyed during the war. A car bomb exploded near a bakery in Jaramana (Damascus district). 10 people were killed and more than 30 were seriously injured. October 29, 2012.
Rebels detained by the Syrian army in the city of Haram, Idlib province, are in prison. Photo taken October 29, 2012.
A gunman fires a machine gun at Syrian troops holed up in a building near Aleppo on November 4, 2012.
A man runs across the street to avoid sniper fire. The photo was taken during the fighting in Idlib (a city in northwestern Syria) on October 25, 2012.
War and its consequences. A girl injured in a car bomb attack near a bakery remains in hospital in Damascus, October 26, 2012.
A Syrian army soldier patrols the area in the city of Haram, Idlib, October 26, 2012.
In the mirror is the reflection of one of the Syrian soldiers located in the house that they use as a military base in the city of Haram.
Syrian civilians wounded during the war are transported by truck to a hospital in Aleppo on October 21, 2012.
Syrian prisoners who were arrested for participating in a protest against Syrian President Bashar Hafez al-Assad, at a police station in Damascus on October 24, 2012.
An injured boy in a hospital in Aleppo on October 18, 2012. Rebel-held areas of Aleppo were hit daily by artillery, tanks and aircraft.
A Syrian rebel runs across the street, fearing a possible sniper hit in Suleiman al-Halabi, a neighborhood in Aleppo, October 18, 2012.
Rebels launch a homemade bomb using a slingshot, October 20, 2012.
The man was shot by a sniper and no one dared to come out from behind cover to help him. Ultimately, he somehow crawled to the rebels, who took him to the hospital as quickly as possible. Three more civilians were also shot and killed by a sniper in the area.
The wounded boy was taken to Dar al-Shifa Hospital in Aleppo after he came under fire on October 11, 2012.
A man pulls a woman away from a collapsing building in the Sha'ar district of Aleppo on October 13, 2012.
Syrian rebels take up a vantage point inside a house in Saif al-Daula, Aleppo neighborhood, October 9, 2012.
A man mourns the death of his father, who was killed during another attack outside Aleppo on October 10, 2012.
Rebels dance in a house in Aleppo, October 19.
Children swing on swings in Aleppo despite the war, October 23, 2012.
A refugee camp located on the Syrian-Turkish border on October 23, 2012.
Syrian refugees in a camp on the Turkish-Syrian border, in the Al-Salam area.
A man makes traditional Syrian pastries at a market in Atareb, October 24, 2012.
A refugee camp on the Syrian-Turkish border on October 23, 2012.
A child helps his parents dig a shelter under their house.
The boys are cleaning their classroom. The school was heavily damaged due to the fighting in Syria, but despite the war, classes continued.
An elderly woman crosses a street in Bab al-Adid, Aleppo, October 23, 2012.
A child walks through tents in a refugee camp on the Syrian-Turkish border, October 23, 2012.
The European Union has announced the possibility of imposing even tougher sanctions on Syria, where the uprising against the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad has been going on for the eleventh month. Russia is trying to encourage the parties to negotiate peacefully. According to the UN, the death toll has reached 5,000 since the conflict began. In this collection you will find photographs from Syria over the past few days.
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1. Syrian rebels exchange fire with government troops in Idlib, Syria. February 8. Activists said about 100 civilians were killed during the siege of Homs. (Associated Press)
2. Syrian rebel leaves the battlefield in search of medical care, Idlib, February 8. (Associated Press)
3. Demonstration against President Bashar al-Assad in Yabroud, February 7. Türkiye is preparing for a new diplomatic offensive against President Assad. (Associated Press)
7. An injured girl sits next to her mother, Homs, February 6. On February 8, Syrian troops entered the city, resulting in the fighting killing 100 civilians.
8. A Syrian rebel next to a destroyed government infantry fighting vehicle, Homs, February 2. President Al-Assad is trying to break the resistance that began almost a year ago. The rebels report that government troops do not stop at torturing 13-year-old children to achieve this. (Associated Press/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)
11. A man sits next to a man who was killed during the shelling of Homs by government forces on February 8. (Associated Press//Local Coordination Committees in Syria)
13. Residents of Homs at the funeral of those killed during the shelling of the city by the army of President Al-Assad. (Reuters/handout)
14. Soldiers of the Free Syrian Army train near Idlib, February 7. (Associated Press)
15. Demonstrators in Rif Damascus, February 4. The UN Security Council was preparing to vote to support Arab demands for the resignation of President Al-Assad when they were informed that 200 people had been killed during the shelling of Homs by Syrian troops. (Reuters)
16. A Syrian stands next to an armored vehicle damaged during clashes between rebels and government forces in Homs, February 4. (Reuters)
17. Protests against President Al-Assad after the burial of shelling victims in Homs, February 4. (Reuters/handout)
18. Regime supporters greet the convoy with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Damascus, February 7. Thousands of Syrians greeted the minister as he arrived in Damascus for talks with President Bashar Al-Assad. (Muzaffar Salman/Associated Press)
19. Supporters of the regime and President Al-Assad at a demonstration in the center of Damascus, February 5. China and Russia blocked a UN resolution on the Syrian government and its brutal response to the protests. (Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images)
22. Soldiers who refused to join the Syrian army in its punitive operation and created the Arabad bin Sarai battalion stand with demonstrators in Houla, near Homs. (Reuters/handout)
23. Syrian demonstrators burn tires and wave flags in the suburbs of Damascus, February 4. Al-Assad's forces opened fire on mourners at the funeral. 12 civilians were killed and 30 wounded. (AFP/Getty Images)
24. Protesters in Idlib, February 6. The United States has closed its embassy in Syria, Britain has recalled its ambassador from Damascus—Western pressure on President Bashar Al-Assad is intensifying. UN attempts to prevent the crisis were unsuccessful. (Associated Press)
