U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the escalation of violence in Syria, saying reports of government warplanes bombing a Palestinian refugee camp are of "grave concern."
Images from Syria
![A Free Syrian Army fighter carries the body of his colleague Abdullah during his funeral in Aleppo, Syria, December 21.2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/F9E07158-93AA-4C71-ACAF-C8EFFEB891BE_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Free Syrian Army fighter carries the body of his colleague Abdullah during his funeral in Aleppo, Syria, December 21.2012.
![A boy holds pita bread as others stand in line outside a bakery in Aleppo, Syria, December 21, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/E75D0F2D-4E1C-40A8-85E2-D5F69665CCB7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy holds pita bread as others stand in line outside a bakery in Aleppo, Syria, December 21, 2012.
![A damaged tank is seen at the Free Syrian Army controlled infantry college near Aleppo, Syria, December 21, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/75CF3563-70CB-491E-B890-C093028A3F71_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A damaged tank is seen at the Free Syrian Army controlled infantry college near Aleppo, Syria, December 21, 2012.
![Syrian refugees,who fled their home in Idlib due to a government airstrike, load their belongings into a vehicle after crossing into Cilvegozu, Turkey, December 20, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/A47F3C43-7C1C-4D18-B7A2-52D7EB0FD8A6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Syrian refugees,who fled their home in Idlib due to a government airstrike, load their belongings into a vehicle after crossing into Cilvegozu, Turkey, December 20, 2012.