Men search for belongings amid rubble of their damaged house in Damascus suburbs of Arbeen
Men search for belongings amid rubble of their damaged house in Damascus suburbs of Arbeen, January 6, 2014. Picture taken January 6, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar Al-Erbeeni (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
A girl carrying a doll sits on a step of a building as a boy peeks out from its gate in Damascus suburbs of Arbeen
A girl carrying a doll sits on a step of a building as a boy peeks out from its gate in Damascus suburbs of Arbeen, January 6, 2014. Picture taken January 6, 2014. REUTERS/Bassam Al-Erbeeni (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
WHO delivers more than 125 tons of medical supplies in Aleppo
7 January 2014 -- Over the past two weeks WHO delivered two shipments with more than 125 tons of medical equipment and medicines to health providers in Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic – in both government-controlled and in opposition-controlled areas. All shipments contained surgical materials, medicines to treat chronic and infectious diseases, infant incubators, ventilators and intensive care unit (ICU) beds.
Fuelled by Syria war, al Qaeda bursts back to life in Iraq
Exploiting local grievances against Baghdad's rule and buoyed by al Qaeda gains in Syria, the fighters have taken effective control of Anbar's two main cities for the first time since U.S. occupation troops defeated them in 2006-07
A woman carries tree branches, to be used for heating, as she walks along a street at Kansafra village in Jabal al-Zawiya in Idlib
A woman carries tree branches, to be used for heating, as she walks along a street at Kansafra village in Jabal al-Zawiya in Idlib January 6, 2014. REUTERS/Fadi Mashan (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
A man prays near the grave of his relative at a cemetery in Kafaroumeh in Idlib
A man prays near the grave of his relative at a cemetery in Kafaroumeh in Idlib January 6, 2014. REUTERS/Fadi Mashan (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
A rebel fighter guards a street to prevent members of the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from entering Jabal al-Zawiya in Idlib
A rebel fighter guards a street to prevent members of the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from entering Jabal al-Zawiya in Idlib January 6, 2014. REUTERS/Fadi Mashan (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
A rebel fighter mans a checkpoint to prevent members of the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from entering Jabal al-Zawiya in Idlib
A rebel fighter mans a checkpoint to prevent members of the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from entering Jabal al-Zawiya in Idlib January 6, 2014. REUTERS/Fadi Mashan (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)