A lantern hangs near damaged shops at the historical souk of Homs
A lantern hangs near 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)
A man rides a bicycle inside the damaged historical souk of Homs
A man rides a bicycle inside the damaged historical souk of Homs January 7, 2014. Picture taken January 7, 2014. REUTERS/Yazan Homsy (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
A Free Syrian Army fighter carries his weapon as he stands in front of graffiti in Aleppo
A Free Syrian Army fighter carries his weapon as he stands in front of graffiti that reads "Daesh (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ) down" at Masaken Hanano neighborhood in Aleppo January 7, 2014. Five days of heavy rebel infighting has shaken the ISIL, which lost its main base in the northern city of Aleppo to rival rebels on Wednesday, according to a monitoring group. Picture taken January 7, 2014. REUTERS/Jalal Alhalabi (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY)
Free Syrian Army fighters man checkpoints in Aleppo
Free Syrian Army fighters man checkpoints to prevent members of the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from entering Masaken Hanano neighborhood in Aleppo January 7, 2014. Five days of heavy rebel infighting has shaken the ISIL, which lost its main base in the northern city of Aleppo to rival rebels on Wednesday, according to a monitoring group. Picture taken January 7, 2014. REUTERS/Jalal Alhalabi (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY)
Free Syrian Army fighters man checkpoints in Aleppo
Free Syrian Army fighters man checkpoints to prevent members of the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from entering Masaken Hanano neighborhood in Aleppo January 7, 2014. Five days of heavy rebel infighting has shaken the ISIL, which lost its main base in the northern city of Aleppo to rival rebels on Wednesday, according to a monitoring group. Picture taken January 7, 2014. REUTERS/Jalal Alhalabi (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY)
Free Syrian Army fighters man a checkpoint in Aleppo
Free Syrian Army fighters man a checkpoint to prevent members of the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from entering Masaken Hanano neighborhood in Aleppo January 7, 2014. Five days of heavy rebel infighting has shaken the ISIL, which lost its main base in the northern city of Aleppo to rival rebels on Wednesday, according to a monitoring group. Picture taken January 7, 2014. REUTERS/Jalal Alhalabi (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY)
Watchdog body urges Syria to speed up chemical handover
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Lebanon: ICRC transfers freed Swedish journalist from Aarsal to Beirut
The ICRC today transferred one of two Swedish journalists abducted in Syria last November from Aarsal, in eastern Lebanon, to Beirut.
A Free Syrian Army fighter prays near a mortar before firing it towards fighters from the ISIL in Aleppo
A Free Syrian Army fighter prays near a mortar before firing it towards fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) at the Kadi Askar neighbourhood of Aleppo, after seizing it from the ISIL, activists said January 7, 2014. Fighting reignited between ISIL and other groups on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Fifteen died in the town of Rastan, north of the central city of Homs, and in Aleppo rebels took control of a police station where about 100 ISIL fighters had been based. It added the ISIL fighters surrendered themselves and their weapons to the Nusra Front, it said. Picture taken January 7, 2014. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS RELIGION CONFLICT)
Civilians run across a street to avoid snipers from the ISIL in Aleppo
Civilians run across a street to avoid snipers from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Kadi Askar neighbourhood of Aleppo January 7, 2014. Fighting reignited between ISIL and other groups on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Fifteen died in the town of Rastan, north of the central city of Homs, and in Aleppo rebels took control of a police station where about 100 ISIL fighters had been based. It added the ISIL fighters surrendered themselves and their weapons to the Nusra Front. Picture taken January 7, 2013. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY CONFLICT)