Images from Syria
![A Syrian Army soldier loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad takes a position behind sandbags as he points his weapon in Ard al-Hamra, Aleppo, Feb. 27, 2014. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/957030F9-B56A-4760-8CFE-D4C4FAC15C2C_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Syrian Army soldier loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad takes a position behind sandbags as he points his weapon in Ard al-Hamra, Aleppo, Feb. 27, 2014.
![A Syrian Army soldier loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a tank in Ard al-Hamra, Aleppo, Feb. 27, 2014. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/62708D61-3371-4F32-ADF2-7CDFC074C3F8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Syrian Army soldier loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a tank in Ard al-Hamra, Aleppo, Feb. 27, 2014.
![A Syrian man (right) trying to extinguishes flames of a house that was attacked by a Syrian government airstrike, Aleppo, Feb. 26, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/BA544D49-B266-4D56-8DFF-AC9CA0AFEA67_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Syrian man (right) trying to extinguishes flames of a house that was attacked by a Syrian government airstrike, Aleppo, Feb. 26, 2014.
![A Syrian Army soldier loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad inspects a mortar used by Free Syrian Army fighters, in Ard al-Hamra, Aleppo, Feb. 27, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8B52A96E-C43E-486C-8A58-930A474094CB_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Syrian Army soldier loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad inspects a mortar used by Free Syrian Army fighters, in Ard al-Hamra, Aleppo, Feb. 27, 2014.