Images from Syria
![Smoke rises after what activists describe as barrel bombs are dropped by government forces in Daraya, near Damascus, Jan. 31, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/68D3531F-80FD-4676-BE07-38F7432C0556_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Smoke rises after what activists describe as barrel bombs are dropped by government forces in Daraya, near Damascus, Jan. 31, 2014.
![A Free Syrian Army fighter holds his weapon as he walks along a damaged street in the besieged area of Homs, Jan. 30, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/946A09DB-3106-49B0-8D60-777B5AF9D62B_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Free Syrian Army fighter holds his weapon as he walks along a damaged street in the besieged area of Homs, Jan. 30, 2014.
![A man and children sit around a fire in the besieged area of Homs, Jan. 30, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/66CD14BF-CE58-4EE9-ABB1-B94A8859F6F9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man and children sit around a fire in the besieged area of Homs, Jan. 30, 2014.
![Men walk on the rubble of a damaged mosque in the besieged area of Homs, Jan. 30, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/BA989B32-0E0D-4998-9B61-2858CD0808E2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Men walk on the rubble of a damaged mosque in the besieged area of Homs, Jan. 30, 2014.