Events in Syria
![In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, backers of President Bashar al-Assad hold his portrait and wave Syrian flags during a demonstration in support of his candidacy for another term as president, Damascus, Syria, May 23, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/F22A7592-0B37-4719-AA14-B74F60BAAB49_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, backers of President Bashar al-Assad hold his portrait and wave Syrian flags during a demonstration in support of his candidacy for another term as president, Damascus, Syria, May 23, 2014.
![A man puts his belongings in the back of a vehicle at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, Baaideen neighborhood, in Aleppo, May 23, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/CD35EF80-04BE-4DAA-84C6-1FFB9D07183C_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man puts his belongings in the back of a vehicle at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, Baaideen neighborhood, in Aleppo, May 23, 2014.
![A woman affected by what activists say was a gas attack, receives treatment inside a makeshift hospital in Kfar Zeita village, in the central province of Hama, May 22, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/CA921A7D-E77B-480D-94FD-9B6B9E958729_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman affected by what activists say was a gas attack, receives treatment inside a makeshift hospital in Kfar Zeita village, in the central province of Hama, May 22, 2014.
![Soldiers loyal to President Bashar al-Assad pose for a photo in Aleppo's main prison, May 22, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/B88DEC93-FCFC-4C13-89F2-93C72D319FCE_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Soldiers loyal to President Bashar al-Assad pose for a photo in Aleppo's main prison, May 22, 2014.