Images from Syria
![A girl carries her belongings as she walks on rubble at a site hit by what activists said was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Arbeen, Jan. 14, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/BE19EBDF-D728-43CF-A5DF-B7D946BACFB9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A girl carries her belongings as she walks on rubble at a site hit by what activists said was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Arbeen, Jan. 14, 2014.
![This SANA photo shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaking to female preachers from mosques in Damascus and its countryside and educators of religious high schools and institutes in Damascus, Jan. 14, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/65A815BF-5316-41A6-9521-78B736565C0F_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This SANA photo shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaking to female preachers from mosques in Damascus and its countryside and educators of religious high schools and institutes in Damascus, Jan. 14, 2014.
![Syrian refugees wait to enter Turkey on the Syrian-Turkish border in Shamm Alqrain village, Jan. 13, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5CEA78C9-D07E-4ED7-9FEC-B35716D0917F_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Syrian refugees wait to enter Turkey on the Syrian-Turkish border in Shamm Alqrain village, Jan. 13, 2014.
![Smoke rises from what activists said were explosive barrels thrown from helicopters on Daria outside Damascus, Jan. 12, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/B85B1589-4C8B-410E-BEFA-77C57B866611_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Smoke rises from what activists said were explosive barrels thrown from helicopters on Daria outside Damascus, Jan. 12, 2014.