Free Syrian Army fighters carry their weapons beside sandbags in Deir al-Zor, eastern Syria
Free Syrian Army fighters carry their weapons beside sandbags in Deir al-Zor, eastern Syria February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Residents walk in a damaged street in Deir al-Zor, eastern Syria
Residents walk along a damaged street in Deir al-Zor, eastern Syria February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Free Syrian Army fighters rest with their weapons in Deir al-Zor, eastern Syria
Free Syrian Army fighters rest with their weapons in Deir al-Zor, eastern Syria February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
A Free Syrian Army fighter sits in shooting position in Deir al-Zor, eastern Syria
A Free Syrian Army fighter sits in shooting position in Deir al-Zor, eastern Syria February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Free Syrian Army fighters rest in a safehouse in Deir al-Zor, eastern Syria
Free Syrian Army fighters rest in a safehouse in Deir al-Zor, eastern Syria February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A Free Syrian Army fighter sits in shooting position in Deir al-Zor, eastern Syria
A Free Syrian Army fighter sits in shooting position in Deir al-Zor, eastern Syria February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Islamist fighters seize Alawite village in central Syria
SYRIA-CRISIS/HAMA:Islamist fighters seize Alawite village in central Syria
600 Syrians leave besieged Old Homs in aid convoy
United Nations and Syrian Red Crescent bring out evacuees on third day of an operation during which aid convoys came under fire and were briefly trapped themselves in Old Homs
Six hundred Syrians flee besieged Old Homs in aid convoy
Syrian official, Red Crescent say working to extend truce
A view of a damaged site after what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the al-Myassar neighbourhood of Aleppo
A view of a damaged site after what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the al-Myassar neighbourhood of Aleppo February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Hosam Katan (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)