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Tue, 4 Mar 2014 15:10 PM

Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad stand near a road in Al-Sahl town, about 2km (a mile) to Yabroud's north, March 4, 2014. Syria's military fought on Tuesday to take Yabroud, a town that would help Assad seal a link between his coastal bastions and Damascus. Government fighters backed by the Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim militant movement Hezbollah and local paramilitaries bombarded the areas around Yabroud, the last major town held by mostly Sunni Muslim rebels near the Lebanese border. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi (SYRIA - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Tue, 4 Mar 2014 15:08 PM

A Syrian national flag is seen on a building in Al-Sahl town, about 2km (a mile) to Yabroud's north, March 4, 2014. Syria's military fought on Tuesday to take Yabroud, a town that would help Assad seal a link between his coastal bastions and Damascus. Government fighters backed by the Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim militant movement Hezbollah and local paramilitaries bombarded the areas around Yabroud, the last major town held by mostly Sunni Muslim rebels near the Lebanese border. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi (SYRIA - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Tue, 4 Mar 2014 15:05 PM

Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad gesture as they pose for a photograph in Al-Sahl town, about 2km (a mile) to Yabroud's north, March 4, 2014. Syria's military fought on Tuesday to take Yabroud, a town that would help Assad seal a link between his coastal bastions and Damascus. Government fighters backed by the Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim militant movement Hezbollah and local paramilitaries bombarded the areas around Yabroud, the last major town held by mostly Sunni Muslim rebels near the Lebanese border. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi (SYRIA - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Tue, 4 Mar 2014 14:41 PM

Soldiers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad stand with members of the media at Al-Sahl town, about 2km (a mile) to Yabroud's north, after the soldiers took control of it from the rebel fighters, in this March 3, 2014 handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA. Syria's military fought on Tuesday to take a town that would help Assad seal a link between his coastal bastions and Damascus. Government fighters backed by the Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim militant movement Hezbollah and local paramilitaries bombarded the areas around Yabroud, the last major town held by mostly Sunni Muslim rebels near the Lebanese border. Journalists were given a state-led tour of government-held areas around Yabroud on Tuesday including Al-Sahl, a town which the army took this week. Picture taken March 3, 2014. REUTERS/SANA/Handout via Reuters (SYRIA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST MEDIA) ATTENTION EDITORS � THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Wed, 5 Mar 2014 09:31 AM

With the end of government-subsidised health care and almost non-existing psychiatirc due to the conflict, the demand for psychiatric care has never been greater. Psychiatrists find themselves overwhelmed by cases of war-related trauma

Tue, 4 Mar 2014 13:59 PM

Thousands of people fled the town of Yabroud and the surrounding areas after it was bombed and shelled last month ahead of the assault