Children warm themselves around a fire in eastern Ghouta near Damascus
Children warm themselves around a fire in eastern Ghouta near Damascus January 6, 2014. Food and fuel supplies have gone short in this part of the capital city which has been under siege by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to activists. REUTERS/Mohammed Abdullah (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Men with physical and mental disabilities eat based on beet leaves, which were used before the war as fodder, due to food shortages in eastern Ghouta, Damascus
Men with physical and mental disabilities eat a meal based on beet leaves, which were used before the war as fodder, due to food shortages in eastern Ghouta, Damascus January 6, 2014. This part of the capital city has been under siege by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to activists. REUTERS/Mohammed Abdullah (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST HEALTH)
Life imitates art: Syrian refugees stage Greek tragedy in Jordan
Syrian director Omar Abu Saada has turned to a Greek tragedy written almost 2,430 years ago by Euripides to tell of the female suffering in his blighted homeland.
Activists rest in a safe house in Aleppo
Activists rest in a safe house in Aleppo January 5, 2014. REUTERS/Jalal Alhalabi (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
A Free Syrian Army fighter walks with his weapon on a frontline in Old Aleppo
A Free Syrian Army fighter walks with his weapon on a frontline in Old Aleppo January 5, 2014. REUTERS/Jalal Alhalabi (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
A Free Syrian Army fighter rests in a safehouse on a frontline in Old Aleppo
A Free Syrian Army fighter rests in a safehouse on a frontline in Old Aleppo January 5, 2014. REUTERS/Jalal Alhalabi (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY CONFLICT)
A Free Syrian Army fighter walks down a ladder with his weapon on a frontline in Old Aleppo
A Free Syrian Army fighter walks down a ladder with his weapon on a frontline in Old Aleppo January 5, 2014. REUTERS/Jalal Alhalabi (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)