Residents remove debris after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in Eastern Ghouta
Residents remove debris after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in Eastern Ghouta, outside Damascus January 11, 2014. REUTERS/Diaa Al-Din (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Residents remove debris after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in Eastern Ghouta
Residents remove debris after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in Eastern Ghouta, outside Damascus January 11, 2014. REUTERS/Diaa Al-Din (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Rebels clash in north Syria, bodies pile up in hospital -monitors
A week of infighting between the al Qaeda-linked group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and other groups including another al Qaeda-affiliated faction has killed hundreds of fighters opposed to President Bashar al-Assad
Syrians flee to Iraq on barges
Syrian refugees take barge to cross newly reopened border in Iraq's Kurdish region
U.N. Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos arrives in Damascus
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos arrives at a hotel in Damascus January 11, 2014. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)
U.N. Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos arrives in Damascus
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos arrives at a hotel in Damascus January 11, 2014. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)
U.N. Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos poses during her arrival in Damascus
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos poses during her arrival at a hotel in Damascus January 11, 2014. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)
Video: FSA Syrian Nurse Helps Both Sides of the War
Syrian refugee Hoda recalls helping an Alawite girl. Shurook, who didn't want to appear on camera, also helped the opposition. The first of three videos featuring the stories of female refugees in the Free Syrian Army.
Iraqis seek political solution to avert army attack on Falluja
Mediators work to remove al Qaeda presence
Mourners react during funeral of an Iraqi soldier, who was killed during clashes in Ramadi, in Najaf
Mourners react during a funeral of an Iraqi soldier, who was killed during clashes in Ramadi, in Najaf, 160 km (99 miles) south of Baghdad, January 10, 2014. Militants of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which is also fighting in neighbouring Syria, took control of Falluja and parts of nearby Ramadi on January 1 with the help of sympathetic armed tribesmen. The prospect of an imminent Iraqi army assault on Falluja receded on Friday as negotiators tried to work out a deal under which al Qaeda militants who seized the city 10 days ago would give way to Sunni Muslim tribal leaders. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)