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Fri, 10 Jan 2014 20:34 PM

Syrian refugee children are seen in the al-Yamdiyeh refugee camp near the Syrian-Turkish border in Latakia province January 10, 2014. REUTERS/Khattab Abdulaa (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Fri, 10 Jan 2014 20:10 PM

Syrian former parliamentary member Mohammad Barmo (3rd L) and members of Syrian opposition groups attend a consultative meeting in Cordoba, southern Spain January 10, 2014. Several factions of the Syrian opposition, meeting together for the first time, called on Friday for a new coalition but did not reach agreement on who should attend peace talks later this month, or whether they would attend at all. Diplomats hoped they could bring a more comprehensive group together at Friday's meeting in Cordoba - a venue offered by the Spanish government because of its historical importance as the capital of an Islamic caliphate 1,000 years ago. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)

Fri, 10 Jan 2014 20:05 PM

Members of Syrian opposition groups take part in a consultative meeting in Cordoba, southern Spain January 10, 2014. Several factions of the Syrian opposition, meeting together for the first time, called on Friday for a new coalition but did not reach agreement on who should attend peace talks later this month, or whether they would attend at all. Diplomats hoped they could bring a more comprehensive group together at Friday's meeting in Cordoba - a venue offered by the Spanish government because of its historical importance as the capital of an Islamic caliphate 1,000 years ago. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Fri, 10 Jan 2014 19:59 PM

REFILE - ADDITIONAL CAPTION INFORMATION An Iraqi Sunni man working with the militants who took over the city 10 days ago, carries a pair of pliers as he walks past a damaged police pickup truck after clashes in the city of Falluja, 70 km (45 miles) west of Baghdad January 10, 2014. 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. 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. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Fri, 10 Jan 2014 19:58 PM

Members of Syrian opposition groups attend a consultative meeting in Cordoba, southern Spain January 10, 2014. Several factions of the Syrian opposition, meeting together for the first time, called on Friday for a new coalition but did not reach agreement on who should attend peace talks later this month, or whether they would attend at all. Diplomats hoped they could bring a more comprehensive group together at Friday's meeting in Cordoba - a venue offered by the Spanish government because of its historical importance as the capital of an Islamic caliphate 1,000 years ago. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)

Fri, 10 Jan 2014 19:57 PM

Iraqi Sunni men working with the militants who took over the city 10 days ago, clear debris after clashes in the city of Falluja, 70 km (45 miles) west of Baghdad, January 10, 2014.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. 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. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Fri, 10 Jan 2014 19:48 PM

An Iraqi Sunni gunman walks near a damaged police pickup truck after clashes in the city of Falluja, 70 km (45 miles) west of Baghdad January 10, 2014. 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. 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. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Fri, 10 Jan 2014 19:44 PM

Sunni Muslims leave the mosque after Friday prayers in Ramadi, January 10, 2014. 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. 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. At least 60 civilians, militants and tribal fighters have been killed in the two cities since the trouble erupted, 43 of them in Ramadi and 17 in Falluja, health officials in Anbar province said. They had no word on military casualties. REUTERS/Ali al-Mashhadani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION)