Violence in Syria
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A Syrian rebel stands guard in front of a damaged building in Homs, Syria.
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A bomb maker from Abu Suleiman's group of rebel fighters carries a pipe bomb, which are detonated in specific areas to cut access to their mountainous stronghold in the northern province of Idlib. Suleiman, who finances the weapons for the unit which carries his name, has assembled one of the multitude of armed groups fighting the regime.
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A rebel from Abu Suleiman's group of fighters assesses the damage after detonating a pipe bomb that was used to cut road access to their mountainous stronghold in the province of Idlib.
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Syrian rebels patrol in the north of northern Syria's Idlib region.
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A defected Syrian soldier, now a member of the Free Syrian Army, displays a homemade nail bomb at a mountain outpost near the village of Janudieh in the northern province of Idlib. The head of the rebel Free Syrian Army, Riad al-Asaad, announced the formation of a military council grouping all rebel chiefs, including Syria's most senior army deserter, General Mustafa al-Sheikh.
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The damage to a partially built building is seen following twin bomb attacks on security buildings in Damascus. At least 27 people were killed, mostly civilians, and almost 100 wounded in two huge bomb blasts in the Syrian capital.
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Green tape cordons off the scene following twin bomb attacks on security buildings in Damascus.
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Members of the rebel Free Syrian Army gather in the mountains of Idlib province in northwestern Syria. Some 100 fighters are gathered in the region, a hotspot of rebel operations against President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
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Syrian children hide behind sand bags on the street in the central town of Rastan, near Homs. UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, who met with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on March 10, said he had made "concrete" proposals to the Syrian leader on ways to halt the attacks and secure humanitarian access to cities where the United Nations says thousands have been killed in the past year.
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Houses destroyed by shelling by regime forces in the central town of Rastan, near Homs.
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Smoke rises from a building that was shelled by the Syrian army in Homs province.
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Free Syrian Army fighters plant a roadside bomb to destroy a Syrian army tank during a day of fierce fighting with the government forces in Idlib.
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Free Syrian Army fighters celebrate after hearing that their comrades destroyed a Syrian army tank in Idlib.
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A damaged car and a building following bombardment by Syrian security forces in the city of Rastan.
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The wife of Mohammed Halak mourns the death of her husband killed during fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and Syrian government forces in Idlib.
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A woman cries as she recovers from severe injuries suffered when the Syrian army shelled her house in Idlib. Aida's husband and and two children were killed in the attack.
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Injured men are carried to a hospital during fierce fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government troops in Idlib.
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Free Syrian Army fighters console a comrade after an ambulance carried an injured friend to a hospital during fierce fighting against government troops.
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A Free Syrian Army fighter is treated by doctors after being injured during fighting against government troops.
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A family escapes from fierce fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government troops in Idlib. Thousands of refugees have fled the country, many seeking refuge in neighboring Turkey.
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A Free Syrian Army fighter runs for cover during a skirmish with government troops in Idlib.
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Free Syrian Army militants take cover during a skirmish with government troops in Idlib.
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Ahmed, center, mourns his father Abdulaziz Abu Ahmed Khrer, who was killed by a Syrian Army sniper.
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Free Syrian Army fighters take positions as the Syrian Army advances towards the town of Sarmin. European Union foreign ministers announced they were appalled by the Syrian government's ruthless campaign of repression against civilians, and it imposed new sanctions in hopes of pressuring the regime to change course.
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A woman holds her daughter on the balcony of her building damaged by Syrian Army bombings in central Idlib.
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Members of the Free Syrian Army prepare to leave to an undisclosed location in the outskirts of Qusayr. The Syrian army shelled Qusayr in an effort to regain control of the town in the mostly rebel-held central province of Homs.
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Members of the Free Syrian Army move weapons, medicine and personnel across a river near Al Janoudiyah in the Idlib province.
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A Syrian rebel aims his rifle inside the classroom of a school in the Deir Baalbeh neighborhood of Homs.
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Supporters of the Free Syrian Army ride a motorcycle with a rocket-propelled grenade in Kafar Taharim.
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Syrians carry the body of a youth reportedly killed in violence in northwestern Syria. Three Syrian soldiers were killed and seven others wounded in a bomb at the southern entrance to the flashpoint city of Idlib.
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Flames rise from a house shelled by the Syrian government in the Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs province, Syria. A French photojournalist and a prominent American war correspondent working for a British newspaper were killed as Syrian forces intensely shelled the opposition stronghold.
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A house bears the mark of a shell that activists say was fired by Syrian regime forces in Idlib in northwestern Syria.
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Members of the Free Syrian Army take position in Idlib.
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Houses destroyed by shelling from Syrian government forces sit in ruins in the Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs province, Syria.
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A militant with the Free Syrian Army walks up a flight of stairs in the northwestern city of Idlib. Syrian forces blitzed the flashpoint city of Homs and opened fire to disperse protesters in the capital, monitors said, as the Red Cross sought ways to deliver aid to afflicted areas.
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Free Syrian Army fighters stand guard in Idlib. The Red Cross said it was in talks with the Syrian authorities and rebels to halt the violence so it can deliver aid amid calls to allow women and children out of the besieged city of Homs in central Syria.
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Mourners carry the coffins of three protesters killed by the Syrian security forces during a demonstration in Damascus. Security forces fired live rounds and tear gas at thousands marching in a funeral procession that turned into one of the largest protests in Damascus since the 11-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began.
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A member of the Free Syrian Army takes his weapon from a comrade during a patrol in Idlib.
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An unidentified corpse lies near a water canal after an assault by Syrian security forces in Idlib.
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A member of the Free Syrian Army flashes a victory sign during a patrol in Idlib.
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Anti-Syrian regime activist Khaled Abu-Salah stands in front of a bombed oil pipeline in the Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs province. Activists accused regime forces of hitting the pipeline, which runs through the rebel-held neighborhood.
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Flames leap from a car and building hit by the Syrian government forces shelling in the Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs province.
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Syrian army tanks enter the northwestern city of Idlib.
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Black smoke rises from an oil pipeline in the Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs province.
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Syrian rebels march in a show of strength in Idlib.
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Syrian security forces gather in front of a damaged building at a security compound rocked by an explosion in the northern city of Aleppo.
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Destroyed armored vehicles are seen after an explosion inside a Syrian security compound in the northern city of Aleppo.
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