Rebel fighters walk near the gate of the former stronghold of fighters from the ISIL, after it was captured by rival rebel forces in Aleppo
Rebel fighters walk near the gate of the former stronghold of fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), after it was captured by rival rebel forces in Aleppo January 8, 2014. Five days of heavy rebel infighting has shaken the al Qaeda-linked faction, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which lost its main base in the northern city of Aleppo to rival rebels on Wednesday, according to a monitoring group. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Rebel fighters walk at the former stronghold of fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), after it was captured by rival rebel forces in Aleppo
Rebel fighters walk at the former stronghold of fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), after it was captured by rival rebel forces in Aleppo January 8, 2014. Five days of heavy rebel infighting has shaken the al Qaeda-linked faction, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which lost its main base in the northern city of Aleppo to rival rebels on Wednesday, according to a monitoring group. The Arabic on the gate reads, "Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant". REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Men carry a body, believed to be one of the detainees held and executed by fighters from the ISIL, after it was discovered in a hospital in Aleppo
Men carry a body, believed to be one of the detainees held and executed by fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), after it was discovered in a hospital in Aleppo that had been an ISIL stronghold before it was captured by rival rebel forces January 8, 2014. Five days of heavy rebel infighting has shaken the al Qaeda-linked faction, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which lost its main base in the northern city of Aleppo to rival rebels on Wednesday, according to a monitoring group. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Hamas frees Fatah men, urges rival to reciprocate
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File photo of photographer Nicals Hammarstrom
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Men talk along a damaged street in the besieged area of Homs
Men talk along a damaged street in the besieged area of Homs January 7, 2014. Picture taken January 7, 2014. REUTERS/Yazan Homsy (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY)
A view of damaged shops at the historical souk in Homs
A view of damaged shops at the historical souk in Homs January 7, 2014. Picture taken January 7, 2014. REUTERS/Yazan Homsy (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT SOCIETY)
A view of damaged shops at the historical souk of Homs
A view of damaged shops at the historical souk of Homs January 7, 2014. Picture taken January 7, 2014. REUTERS/Yazan Homsy (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT SOCIETY)