Images from Syria
![People stand at the site of an explosion in Ekrema neighborhood in Homs, Syria, July 8, 2013. (SANA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/EA237173-DA8C-48C2-8796-F18D1232F571_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People stand at the site of an explosion in Ekrema neighborhood in Homs, Syria, July 8, 2013. (SANA)
![This citizen journalism image provided by Lens Young Homsi shows black smoke rising from buildings damaged by Syrian government airstrikes and shelling in Homs, Syria, July 7, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5CD1CEF8-22BD-4720-8162-349141B0CABA_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This citizen journalism image provided by Lens Young Homsi shows black smoke rising from buildings damaged by Syrian government airstrikes and shelling in Homs, Syria, July 7, 2013.
![Free Syrian Army members react after they fire towards positions of pro-Bashar al-Assad forces in Deir al-Zor, July 7, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/32704F77-9388-4288-89EB-F9A6242E5B8A_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Free Syrian Army members react after they fire towards positions of pro-Bashar al-Assad forces in Deir al-Zor, July 7, 2013.
![Free Syrian Army fighters carry their weapons as they walk along a street prior to an offensive against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo's Salaheddine neighborhood, July 6, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/AC7617D6-4B74-464C-B737-D581ADB2C627_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Free Syrian Army fighters carry their weapons as they walk along a street prior to an offensive against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo's Salaheddine neighborhood, July 6, 2013.