More Syrian tanks deployed around villages along the border with Lebanon as Syrian civilians fled their government's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters to Lebanon
Syria Turmoil
Syrians walk across barrels and tires laid as a makeshift bridge as they cross the Naher al-Kabir river in Wadi Khaled in northern Lebanon from Syrian on May 16, 2011. (AFP image)
Syrian women and men chant slogans against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad after arriving in Wadi Khaled in northern Lebanon, near the Lebanese-Syrian border May 16, 2011. (Reuters image)
A protester holds a banner during a demonstration after Friday prayers in the Syrian port city of Banias April 29, 2011. (Reuters image)
Amateur video image shot on April 24, 2011 and made available by SHAAM News Network and posted on Youtube, May 12, 2011, shows two men crawling close to the ground and dragging a woman to safety in Daraa, Syria. (AP image)
An image grab taken from footage uploaded on May 11, 2011 by Sham SNN, a Syrian opposition web channel, shows Syrian army vehicles deployed in the central industrial city of Homs. (AFP image)
A man in military fatigues is seen on a rooftop in Homs in this still image from a video uploaded to a social media website, May 6, 2011. (Reuters image)
An injured protester is helped by others around him in a location provided as Homs, April 22, 2011 in this still image taken from video. (Reuters image)
In this image taken on a mobile phone, a Syrian soldier patrols streets in Damascus, Syria, May 8, 2011. (AP image)