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Fighting in Syria Airstrikes pummeled the country and a car bomb rocked Damascus as uprising raged on.
Nov. 7, 2012
An explosion is seen in the Syrian village of Bariqa close to the cease-fire line between Israel and Syria, near Alonei HaBashan in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Israel has asked the U.N. Security Council to act on a "dangerous escalation" by Syria, which has sent tanks into a demilitarized zone in the Golan Heights.
Baz Ratner
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Reuters
Nov. 6, 2012
A member of the Free Syrian Army holds an unexploded bomb after a Syrian air force fighter jet loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad fired missiles at Houla, near Homs.
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Reuters
Nov. 6, 2012
Residents walk among damaged buildings after a Syrian fighter jet loyal to President Bashar al-Assad fired missiles at Houla, Syria.
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Reuters
Nov. 6, 2012
This image, taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, shows smoke rising during heavy bombing from military warplanes in Houla, Syria.
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Shaam News Network via AP
Nov. 6, 2012
A man holds his injured child, who received aid at a hospital after a bomb explosion in western Damascus, Syria.
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Syrian Arab News Agency via European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 5, 2012
A baby cries as he lays on a swing at a refugee camp in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border.
Khalil Hamra
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AP
Nov. 5, 2012
A Syrian girl, who fled with her family from the violence in their village, rests at the refugee camp in Atma, Syria.
Khalil Hamra
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AP
Nov. 4, 2012
Rebel fighters watch as smoke rises after Syrian government forces fired an artillery round at a rebel position during heavy clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria.
Narciso Contreras
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AP
Nov. 4, 2012
A rebel fighter aims a shoulder-fired missile toward a building where Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad are hiding while they attempt to gain terrain against the rebels during heavy clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria.
Narciso Contreras
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AP
Nov. 4, 2012
A boy, center, is seen after he is rescued from the rubble of a damaged building after a Syrian Air Force fighter jet loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad fired missiles at al-Saad near Deraa.
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Reuters
Nov. 3, 2012
Residents react after a Syrian Air Force fighter jet loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad fired missiles at Binsh, near the northern province of Idlib.
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Reuters
Nov. 1, 2012
Rebel fighters watch over enemy positions as they wait for Syrian Army troops to enter a street during clashes in the Karmal Jabl battlefield in Aleppo, Syria.
Narciso Contreras
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AP
Nov. 1, 2012
A rebel fighter runs for cover at the front line during clashes in the Karmal Jabl battlefield in Aleppo.
Narciso Contreras
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AP
Nov. 1, 2012
A pile of shoes covered in the blood of the wounded and dead residents lies at the entrance of the emergency ward at a hospital in the Tarik Al-Bab neighborhood in Aleppo.
Narciso Contreras
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AP
Nov. 1, 2012
A street on the front lines of Aleppo’s Karmal Jabl battlefield has been destroyed by heavy shelling and fighting.
Narciso Contreras
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AP
Oct. 31, 2012
Members of the Free Syrian Army set up a fire to obscure Kurdish militants' vision while standing alert during a truce on the top of a hilly mountain in the Kurdish area of al-Qaftal, overlooking the town of Azaz. The Free Syrian Army took over the area during clashes with the Kurds over the past few days.
Asmaa Waguih
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Reuters
Nov. 1, 2012
Syrian army soldiers take position during a patrol in the Harasta area of eastern Damascus.
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 31, 2012
An injured man weeps while being treated at a hospital in a rebel-controlled area of Aleppo. His son, in the background, was wounded in an incident that left an 8-year-old girl dead.
Javier Manzano
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AFP via Getty Images
Oct. 30, 2012
A Syrian man mourns as he holds the body of a young girl, who was killed in shelling of the Syrian forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, at Kfar Batikh village, in Idlib province, northern Syria.
Anonymous
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AP
Oct. 30, 2012
Night falls on a Syrian-rebel checkpoint in the Bustan Al-Pasha neighborhood, the boundary of the area controlled by rebel fighters at the northeast limit of the Kurdish-controlled area of Sheikh Maksoud in Aleppo, Syria.
Narciso Contreras
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AP
Oct. 30, 2012
Destroyed buildings are seen along a desolated street in the Bustan Al-Pasha district after several weeks of intense battles between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in Aleppo, Syria.
Narciso Contreras
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AP
Oct. 30, 2012
Smoke rises after a Syrian air force fighter jet loyal to President Bashar al-Assad fired missiles at Marat al-Numan, near the northern province of Idlib.
Zakwan Hadeed
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Shaam News Network via Reuters
Oct. 29, 2012
Citizens and security forces gather next to a vehicle destroyed by a car bomb in the Jaramana neighborhood of Damascus, Syria. A government official said the blast killed 10 people and wounded at least 41.
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Syrian Arab News Agency via AP
Oct. 29, 2012
Syrians approach a building that was damaged by a car bomb in Damascus’s Jaramana neighborhood. Also on Monday, anti-regime activists told the Associated Press, Syrian warplanes launched 60 airstrikes against rebel targets around the country. The attacks flouted a U.N.-backed cease-fire that was supposed to quiet fighting over a long holiday weekend.
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Syrian Arab News Agency via AP
Oct. 29, 2012
Damascus resident stand on a building damaged by a car bomb in the Jaramana neighborhood. Parts of balconies fell on vehicles parked below, the Associated Press reported.
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Syrian Arab News Agency via AP
Oct. 28, 2012
Syrian boys clamber across the rubble of a building destroyed in an airstrike by Syrian regime forces in an area under control of rebels fighters in the Bustan al-Bashar district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.
Philippe Desmazes
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 29, 2012
A doctor treats a man who was wounded by a car bomb in the Jaramana neighborhood of Damascus.
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Syrian Arab News Agency via AP
Oct. 28, 2012
Buildings are visible in a mirror used by rebel fighters to keep on eye on government forces’ positions in the Karm al-Jabel area of Aleppo.
Narciso Contreras
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AP
Oct. 28, 2012
A rebel fighter throws a grenade toward Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo. The country’s air force fired missiles and dropped barrel bombs on rebel strongholds while opposition fighters attacked regime positions.
Narciso Contreras
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AP
Oct. 28, 2012
A rebel fighter looks at smoke billowing from a bus that caught on fire in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.
Javier Manzano
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 29, 2012
A rebel sniper aims at Syrian army positions in Aleppo’s Jedida district.
Narciso Contreras
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AP
Oct. 27, 2012
Syrians cry as a relative lies on a hospital trolley after being shot in the back by a sniper in Aleppo.
Narciso Contreras
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AP
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