A civil conflict has raged
in Syria for more than two years, costing tens of thousands of lives and
leaving vast swaths of the nation in ruins.
A destroyed City ( Shaam News Network / July 25, 2013 ) In Homs, the partially destroyed Khalid bin Walid mosque sits surrounded by ruin in the city's Khalidiya neighborhood.
Homs
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July 7, 2013
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The Khalidiya area of Homs, Syria, shows heavy damage in July.
The Syrian army retook the district, long a strategic and symbolic
stronghold of the rebels, after fierce battles.
While much of the world's attention focuses on a
possible war with North Korea, the war currently being fought in Syria
grinds on. March of 2013 was a month of grim milestones in Syria. It
marked two years since the start of hostilities; the number of war
refugees passed one million; and it was was the bloodiest month to date,
with more than 6,000 people killed. Neither the pro-Assad forces, nor
the group of rebels opposing them have gained much ground recently, and
little or no progress has been made by international agencies to halt
the bloodshed. The following photographs come from across Syria, taken
over the past six weeks, showing just some of the devastation in Aleppo,
Deir al-Zor, Homs, Deraa, Idlib, and Damascus. [38 photos]
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A member of the Free Syrian Army sits on a sofa in the middle of a
debris-strewn street in Deir al-Zor, Syria, on April 2, 2013. (Reuters/Khalil Ashawi)
A Syrian opposition fighter rubs dust from his face in the Jabilleh
neighborhood of the eastern city of Deir al-Zor, during clashes with
regime forces as they try to retake the area on February 16, 2013. (Zac Baillie/AFP/Getty Images) #
A resident inspects the damages at an ancient Souk caused by what
activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar
al-Assad in Deir al-Zor, on March 9, 2013. (Reuters/Khalil Ashawi) #
A group of Syrian Free Army activists inspect a damaged mosque at the
Sheikh Yassine district area in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor, on
February 16, 2013.(Reuters/Khalil Ashawi) #
People walk on a street lined with buildings damaged by what activists
said were missiles fired by a Syrian Air Force fighter jet loyal to
President Bashar al-Assad in Deir Al-Zor, on March 12, 2013. (Reuters/Muhammad Younis/Shaam News Network) #
A Syrian street vendor who sells cigarette boxes, sits in front of
destroyed shops which were damaged by the shelling of the Syrian forces,
at Maarat al-Nuaman town, in Idlib province, on February 26, 2013.
Syrian rebels battled government troops near a landmark 12th century
mosque in the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday, while fierce clashes
raged around a police academy west of the city, activists said. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) #
Vehicles burn near a crater on a road after an explosion in central
Damascus, on February 21, 2013. Syrian state media blamed what it said
was a suicide bombing on "terrorists" battling President Bashar
al-Assad. (Reuters/SANA) #
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, injured
Syrians sit on the ground while flames and smoke rise from burned cars
after a huge explosion that shook Damascus, on February 21, 2013. (AP Photo/SANA) #
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Nihal, 9, in the entrance of an underground Roman tomb used as shelter
from Syrian government forces shelling and airstrikes, at Jabal
al-Zaweya, in Idlib province,on February 28, 2013. 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 two-year-old war. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) #
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Sami (center) speaks with his children in an underground Roman tomb
which he uses with his family as shelter from Syrian government forces,
at Jabal al-Zaweya, in Idlib province, on February 28, 2013. The ancient
sites are built of thick stone that has already withstood centuries,
and are often located in strategic locations overlooking towns and
roads. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) #
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Sobhi al-Hamod, 60, lives with his family in an underground cave used
for shelter from Syrian government forces in Idlib province, on February
28, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) #
A painting of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad riddled with bullet
holes, on the facade of the police academy in Aleppo, after it was
captured by Free Syrian Army fighters, on March 4, 2013. (Reuters/Mahmoud Hassano) #
Firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire at a factory after what
activists say was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar
al-Assad at al-Haidariah area in Aleppo, on February 8, 2013. (Reuters/Malek AlShemali) #
An excavator is used to search for casualties under the rubble at a
site hit by what activists said was a Scud missile in Aleppo's Ard
al-Hamra neighborhood, on February 23, 2013. Rockets struck eastern
districts of Aleppo, Syria's biggest city, killing at least 29 people
and trapping a family of 10 in the ruins of their home, activists in the
city said. (Reuters/Muzaffar Salman) #
A damaged car in rubble in Al-Ansari neighborhood after what activists
said was a missile attack by Syrian Air Forces in Aleppo, on February 3,
2013. (Reuters/Aaref Hretani) #
A Syrian woman sits on the ruins of her house, which was destroyed in
an airstrike by government warplanes a few days earlier, killing 11
members of her family, in the neighborhood of Ansari, Aleppo, on
February 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Abdullah al-Yassin) #
The wreckage of a helicopter, belonging to forces loyal to Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad, near Menagh military airport in Aleppo, on
March 2, 2013. (Reuters/Mahmoud Hassano) #
Damaged buildings, after air force shelling in the Karam Al-Tarrab
neighborhood near Aleppo International Airport, on February 15, 2013. (Reuters/Malek Al Shemali) #
A Syrian rebel takes position behind a makeshift barricade during
clashes with regime forces in the Salaheddine district of Aleppo, on
March 16, 2013. (JM Lopez/AFP/Getty Images) #
In this Tuesday March 19, 2013, citizen journalism image provided by
Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its
contents and other AP reporting, black smoke rises from buildings due to
government forces shelling, in Aleppo. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC) #
A child stands on the remnants of a destroyed military vehicle in front
of a damaged building in Al Inzarat district of Aleppo, on February 17,
2013. (Reuters/Hamid Khatib) #
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