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: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
A man makes date syrup in Erbeen, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta
A man makes date syrup in Erbeen, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta January 5, 2014. Food supplies have gone short in eastern Ghouta which has been under siege for more than seven months, activists said. REUTERS/Diaa Al-Din (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT FOOD)
Men make date syrup in Erbeen, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta
Men make date syrup in Erbeen, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta January 5, 2014. Food supplies have gone short in eastern Ghouta which has been under siege for more than seven months, activists said. REUTERS/Diaa Al-Din (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT FOOD)
A man makes date syrup in Erbeen, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta
A man makes date syrup in Erbeen, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta January 5, 2014. Food supplies have gone short in eastern Ghouta which has been under siege for more than seven months, activists said. REUTERS/Diaa Al-Din (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT FOOD)
A man rests while waiting to purchase locally made date syrup in Erbeen, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta
A man rests while waiting to purchase locally made date syrup in Erbeen, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta January 5, 2014. Food supplies have gone short in eastern Ghouta, which has been under siege for more than seven months, activists said. REUTERS/Diaa Al-Din (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT FOOD)
Activist health workers speak to family members before administering polio vaccinations in Aleppo
Activist health workers speak to family members before administering polio vaccinations in Aleppo January 5, 2014. In November last year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said 13 cases had been found in the largely rebel-held province of Deir al-Zor - where polio broke out in 2013. Two more have since been recorded there and the virus has surfaced in Aleppo city and near Damascus, the first outbreak since 1999 in Syria, where civil war has raged since a crackdown on protests in 2011. REUTERS/Hosam Katan (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT HEALTH)
Activist health workers walk down a street to administer polio vaccinations in Aleppo
Activist health workers walk down a street to administer polio vaccinations in Aleppo January 5, 2014. In November last year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said 13 cases had been found in the largely rebel-held province of Deir al-Zor - where polio broke out in 2013. Two more have since been recorded there and the virus has surfaced in Aleppo city and near Damascus, the first outbreak since 1999 in Syria, where civil war has raged since a crackdown on protests in 2011. REUTERS/Hosam Katan (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT HEALTH)
An activist health worker administers a polio vaccination to a child in Aleppo
An activist health worker administers a polio vaccination to a child in Aleppo January 5, 2014. In November last year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said 13 cases had been found in the largely rebel-held province of Deir al-Zor - where polio broke out in 2013. Two more have since been recorded there and the virus has surfaced in Aleppo city and near Damascus, the first outbreak since 1999 in Syria, where civil war has raged since a crackdown on protests in 2011. REUTERS/Hosam Katan (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT HEALTH)
Activist health workers administer a polio vaccination to a child in Aleppo
Activist health workers administer a polio vaccination to a child in Aleppo January 5, 2014. In November last year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said 13 cases had been found in the largely rebel-held province of Deir al-Zor - where polio broke out in 2013. Two more have since been recorded there and the virus has surfaced in Aleppo city and near Damascus, the first outbreak since 1999 in Syria, where civil war has raged since a crackdown on protests in 2011. REUTERS/Hosam Katan (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT HEALTH)
Rebel fighting turns inward in Syria
New video from a social media website appears to show Syrian rebel groups fighting against the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.