Ambulance is seen parked near the damaged Kindi Hospital in Aleppo
An ambulance is seen parked near the damaged Kindi Hospital, the location of the frontline in a battle between rebels and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo, December 21, 2013. Rebels had accused government forces of turning the Kindi Hospital into a barracks. REUTERS/Ahmad Othman (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT HEALTH MILITARY)
Free Syrian Army fighters rest on the Kindi Hospital frontline during a battle against forces loyal to Syrian President Assad, in Aleppo
Free Syrian Army fighters rest on the Kindi Hospital frontline during a battle against forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo December 21, 2013. REUTERS/Ahmad Othman (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Smoke rises after what activists said was an air strike by forces loyal to Syria's President Assad beside the Kindi Hospital frontline in Aleppo
Smoke rises after what activists said was an air strike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad beside the Kindi Hospital frontline in Aleppo, December 21, 2013. REUTERS/Ahmad Othman (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Mother of British surgeon Abbas Khan gets into a vehicle at the Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital in Beirut
Fatima Khan, the mother of a British surgeon who died in a Syrian prison, gets into a vehicle with her son Afroze (C) after seeing the body of Abbas Khan at the Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital in Beirut December 21, 2013. The body of the British surgeon who died in a Syrian prison arrived in Lebanon on Saturday en route to the United Kingdom, witnesses said. A Red Cross ambulance carried the coffin of Abbas Khan, an orthopedic surgeon from south London who had gone to Syria to work in rebel-held Aleppo, across the border into Lebanon. REUTERS/Hasan Shaaban (LEBANON - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT)
Brother of British surgeon Abbas Khan embraces their mother at the Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital in Beirut
Afroze (L), brother of a British surgeon who died in a Syrian prison, embraces his mother Fatima Khan after seeing the body of Abbas Khan at the Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital in Beirut December 21, 2013. The body of the British surgeon who died in a Syrian prison arrived in Lebanon on Saturday en route to the United Kingdom, witnesses said. A Red Cross ambulance carried the coffin of Abbas Khan, an orthopedic surgeon from south London who had gone to Syria to work in rebel-held Aleppo, across the border into Lebanon.REUTERS/Hasan Shaaban (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
File picture shows a Free Syrian Army fighter pointing his weapon as he tries to locate forces loyal to Syria's President Assad in Aleppo
A Free Syrian Army fighter points his weapon as he tries to locate forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Ramouseh area of Aleppo, in this file picture taken by Molhem Barakat on September 4, 2013. Barakat died on December 20, 2013, as he covered a battle over Kindi Hospital in Aleppo, between rebels and forces loyal to Assad. He had been taking pictures for Reuters on a freelance basis since May this year. REUTERS/Molhem Barakat/Files (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
File picture shows a fighter from the Tawhid Brigade, which operates under the Free Syrian Army, firing an anti-tank missile in Aleppo
A fighter from the Tawhid Brigade, which operates under the Free Syrian Army, fires an anti-tank missile in Aleppo, in this file picture taken by Molhem Barakat on November 14, 2013. Barakat died on December 20, 2013, as he covered a battle over Kindi Hospital in Aleppo, between rebels and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. He had been taking pictures for Reuters on a freelance basis since May this year. REUTERS/Molhem Barakat/Files (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)
File picture shows a fighter from Tawhid Brigade, which operates under Free Syrian Army, preparing homemade rockets to be thrown towards 80th Brigade base in Aleppo
A fighter from the Tawhid Brigade, which operates under the Free Syrian Army, prepares homemade rockets to be thrown towards the 80th Brigade base in Aleppo, currently controlled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in this file picture taken by Molhem Barakat on November 11, 2013. Barakat died on December 20, 2013, as he covered a battle over Kindi Hospital in Aleppo, between rebels and forces loyal to Assad. He had been taking pictures for Reuters on a freelance basis since May this year. REUTERS/Molhem Barakat/Files (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)
Syrian activist and photographer Molhem Barakat, who has died while covering the country's conflict, is seen at an undisclosed location
Syrian activist and photographer Molhem Barakat poses at an undisclosed location in this recent picture taken in November 2013. Barakat died on December 20, 2013, as he took photographs of a battle over Kindi Hospital in Aleppo, between rebels and forces loyal to Assad. He had been taking pictures for Reuters on a freelance basis since May this year. Picture taken in November 2013. REUTERS/Stringer (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST OBITUARY CONFLICT HEADSHOT MEDIA)
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