Men ride bicyles past a damaged mosque along a deserted street filled with debris in Deir al-Zor
Men ride bicycles past a damaged mosque along a deserted street filled with debris in Deir al-Zor March 5, 2014. Picture taken March 5, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Syrian women refugee collect water during International Women's Day at the al-Zaatri refugee camp
Syrian women refugee collect water during International Women's Day at the al-Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, March 8, 2014. On March 8 activists around the globe celebrate International Women's Day, which dates back to the beginning of the 20th Century and has been observed by the United Nations since 1975. The UN writes that it is an occasion to commemorate achievements in women's rights and to call for further change. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)
A Syrian woman refugee hangs her laundry during International Women's Day at the al-Zaatri refugee camp
A Syrian woman refugee hangs her laundry during International Women's Day at the al-Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, March 8, 2014. On March 8 activists around the globe celebrate International Women's Day, which dates back to the beginning of the 20th Century and has been observed by the United Nations since 1975. The UN writes that it is an occasion to commemorate achievements in women's rights and to call for further change. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)
A Syrian woman refugee walks with her son during International Women's Day at the al-Zaatri refugee camp
A Syrian woman refugee walks with her son during International Women's Day at the al-Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, March 8, 2014. On March 8 activists around the globe celebrate International Women's Day, which dates back to the beginning of the 20th Century and has been observed by the United Nations since 1975. The UN writes that it is an occasion to commemorate achievements in women's rights and to call for further change. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)
A Syrian woman refugee sells canned food and snacks in her small grocery shop during International Women's Day at the al-Zaatri refugee camp
A Syrian woman refugee sells canned food and snacks in her small grocery shop in her home during International Women's Day at the al-Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, March 8, 2014. On March 8 activists around the globe celebrate International Women's Day, which dates back to the beginning of the 20th Century and has been observed by the United Nations since 1975. The UN writes that it is an occasion to commemorate achievements in women's rights and to call for further change. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)
A man lowers a gas cylinder from his damaged house in Aleppo's district of al-Sukari
A man lowers a gas cylinder from his damaged house in Aleppo's district of al-Sukari March 8, 2014. REUTERS/Hosam Katan (SYRIA - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Syria government forces take village near Lebanese border
The village of al-Zara, west of the city of Homs, fell after "heavy clashes" between government and rebel forces, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, although the number of casualties was not immediately clear
Um Mahmoud, a Syrian woman refugee, washes kitchen utensils during International Women's Day at the al-Zaatri refugee camp
Um Mahmoud, a Syrian woman refugee, washes kitchen utensils in front her tent during International Women's Day at the al-Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, March 8, 2014. On March 8 activists around the globe celebrate International Women's Day, which dates back to the beginning of the 20th Century and has been observed by the United Nations since 1975. The UN writes that it is an occasion to commemorate achievements in women's rights and to call for further change. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)
A Syrian woman refugee carries a pot of cooked food during International Women's Day at the al-Zaatri refugee camp
A Syrian woman refugee carries a pot of cooked food during International Women's Day at the al-Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, March 8, 2014. On March 8 activists around the globe celebrate International Women's Day, which dates back to the beginning of the 20th Century and has been observed by the United Nations since 1975. The UN writes that it is an occasion to commemorate achievements in women's rights and to call for further change. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)
People walk past a wreckage of a vehicle and amid the rubble of damaged buildings in Aleppo's district of al-Sukari
People walk past a wreckage of a vehicle and amid the rubble of damaged buildings in Aleppo's district of al-Sukari March 8, 2014. REUTERS/Hosam Katan (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)