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Sat, 21 Dec 2013 15:47 PM

Free Syrian Army fighters run down a staircase as they flee a building in fear of an air strike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo's Saif al-Dawla district, in this file picture taken by Molhem Barakat on August 26, 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. REUTERS/Molhem Barakat/Files (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)

Sat, 21 Dec 2013 15:36 PM

Red Cross members carry 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 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 TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY CONFLICT)

Sat, 21 Dec 2013 15:32 PM

Red Cross members carry 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 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)

Sat, 21 Dec 2013 17:30 PM

A Syrian photographer who took pictures for Reuters on a freelance basis has been killed while covering fighting in Aleppo, activists said.

Sat, 21 Dec 2013 15:09 PM

Fatima Khan, mother of the British surgeon who died in a Syrian prison, reacts after seeing the body of her son Abbas Khan in the Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital in Beirut December 21, 2013. The British surgeon who was arrested last November within 48 hours of arriving in Syria to offer his services as an emergency doctor has died in jail, his family said on Tuesday. The family of Abbas Khan, 32, an orthopaedic surgeon from south London who had planned to volunteer in rebel-held Aleppo, was told he would be released this week, his brother Afroze Khan told the BBC. But when his mother went to visit him in prison in Damascus on Monday she was told he had died, he said. REUTERS/Hasan Shaaban (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Sat, 21 Dec 2013 14:38 PM

An ambulance carrying the body of British surgeon Abbas Khan drives through the Masnaa border crossing between Lebanon and Syria December 21, 2013. The British surgeon who was arrested last November within 48 hours of arriving in Syria to offer his services as an emergency doctor has died in jail, his family said on Tuesday.The family of Abbas Khan, 32, an orthopaedic surgeon from south London who had planned to volunteer in rebel-held Aleppo, was told he would be released this week, his brother Afroze Khan told the BBC. But when his mother went to visit him in prison in Damascus on Monday she was told he had died, he said. REUTERS/Hassan Abdallah (LEBANON - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY CONFLICT)

Sat, 21 Dec 2013 14:38 PM

A convoy with an ambulance carrying the body of British surgeon Abbas Khan drives through the Masnaa border crossing between Lebanon and Syria December 21, 2013. The British surgeon who was arrested last November within 48 hours of arriving in Syria to offer his services as an emergency doctor has died in jail, his family said on Tuesday.The family of Abbas Khan, 32, an orthopaedic surgeon from south London who had planned to volunteer in rebel-held Aleppo, was told he would be released this week, his brother Afroze Khan told the BBC. But when his mother went to visit him in prison in Damascus on Monday she was told he had died, he said. REUTERS/Hassan Abdallah (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

Sat, 21 Dec 2013 14:32 PM

An ambulance carrying the body of British surgeon Abbas Khan drives through the Masnaa border crossing between Lebanon and Syria December 21, 2013. The British surgeon who was arrested last November within 48 hours of arriving in Syria to offer his services as an emergency doctor has died in jail, his family said on Tuesday.The family of Abbas Khan, 32, an orthopaedic surgeon from south London who had planned to volunteer in rebel-held Aleppo, was told he would be released this week, his brother Afroze Khan told the BBC. But when his mother went to visit him in prison in Damascus on Monday she was told he had died, he said. REUTERS/Hassan Abdallah (LEBANON - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT)

Mon, 23 Dec 2013 08:31 AM

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stepped up an appeal for funds to help the Philippines recover from a devastating typhoon last month after visiting stricken areas on Saturday