Middle East

  • Smoke rises from buildings damaged by missiles fired by a Syrian Air Force fighter jet loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in Raqqa province, eastern Syria, March 15, 2013.
  • Demonstrators shout during a protest in Raqqa, Syria, marking two years since the start of the uprising in the country, March 15, 2013.
  • Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against the government of Bashar al-Assad in Istanbul March 15, 2013.
  • Residents walk past rubbish piled up along a street in Deir al-Zor, Syria, March 13, 2013.
  • A member of the Free Syrian Army stands near a damaged building in Raqqa province, eastern Syria, March 13, 2013.
  • Free Syrian Army fighters prepare mortar shells prior to an offensive against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Houla near Homs, March 13, 2013. (Shaam News Network)
  • Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (center) meets with Haitham Manna, the president of the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria, front left, and secretary Raja al-Nasser, front right, in Moscow, March 11, 2013.
  • Syrians stand next to dead bodies that have been pulled from the river near Aleppo, March 10, 2012.
  • Buildings damaged by shelling in the Al-Khalidiya neighborhood of Homs, March 10, 2013.
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres (C) walks with a Syrian refugee boy at a camp in Nizip, Turkey, March 10, 2013.
  • Residents walk along a street in Deir al-Zor, March 9, 2013.

The Latest Images from Syria

Published March 13, 2013


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