Residents try to put out a fire after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to president Bashar Al-Assad on a fuel vendor in Al-Shaar area in Aleppo
Residents try to put out a fire after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to president Bashar Al-Assad on a fuel vendor in Al-Shaar area in Aleppo, December 10, 2013. REUTERS/Molhem Barakat (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Most Syrian and Palestinian refugees held in Egypt released
Authorities have apprehended about 1,500 Syrian refugees in the last few months and about 1,200 of them have been "coerced to leave", according to Human Rights Watch
Residents try to put out a fire after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to president Bashar Al-Assad on a fuel vendor in Al-Shaar area in Aleppo
Residents try to put out a fire after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to president Bashar Al-Assad on a fuel vendor in Al-Shaar area in Aleppo, December 10, 2013. REUTERS/Molhem Barakat (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Residents try to put off a fire after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to president Bashar Al-Assad on a fuel vendor in Al-Shaar area in Aleppo
Residents try to put off a fire after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to president Bashar Al-Assad on a fuel vendor in Al-Shaar area in Aleppo, December 10, 2013. REUTERS/Molhem Barakat (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Residents inspect the damage after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to president Bashar Al-Assad on a fuel vendor in Al-Shaar area in Aleppo
Residents inspect the damage after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to president Bashar Al-Assad on a fuel vendor in Al-Shaar area in Aleppo, December 10, 2013. REUTERS/Molhem Barakat (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Smoke rises while residents run after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to president Bashar Al-Assad on a fuel vendor in Al-Shaar area in Aleppo
Smoke rises while residents run after what activists said was shelling from forces loyal to president Bashar Al-Assad on a fuel vendor in Al-Shaar area in Aleppo, December 10, 2013. REUTERS/Molhem Barakat (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Spanish photojournalist Sanchez, spokesman for the families of abducted Spanish journalists Espinosa and Garcia-Vilanova, reacts during a news conference in Madrid
Spanish photojournalist Gervasio Sanchez (C), spokesman for the families of abducted Spanish journalists Javier Espinosa and Ricardo Garcia-Vilanova, reacts next to El Mundo's director Pedro J. Ramirez (L) and Elsa Gonzalez, president of the Federation of Spanish Journalist Association (FAPE), under a screen showing an image of the journalists working before their abduction, during a news conference in Madrid December 10, 2013. Fighters linked to al Qaeda abducted the Spanish journalist and photographer in a rebel-held Syrian province in September, their families said on Tuesday. Journalist Espinosa and photographer Garcia-Vilanova were taken by rebel group the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on September 16 at a checkpoint in Raqqa province, which fell to militant Islamist brigades in March, the journalists' families said. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN - Tags: CONFLICT POLITICS MEDIA)
Spanish photojournalist Sanchez (R), spokesman for the families of abducted Spanish journalists Espinosa and Garcia-Vilanova, reacts during a news conference in Madrid
Spanish photojournalist Gervasio Sanchez (R), spokesman for the families of abducted Spanish journalists Javier Espinosa and Ricardo Garcia-Vilanova, reacts next to El Mundo's director Pedro J. Ramirez (L) and Elsa Gonzalez, president of the Federation of Spanish Journalist Association FAPE, during a news conference in Madrid December 10, 2013. Fighters linked to al Qaeda abducted the Spanish journalist and photographer in a rebel-held Syrian province in September, their families said on Tuesday. Journalist Espinosa and photographer Garcia-Vilanova were taken by rebel group the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on September 16 at a checkpoint in Raqqa province, which fell to militant Islamist brigades in March, the journalists' families said. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN - Tags: CONFLICT POLITICS MEDIA)
Croatia considers role in destruction of Syrian chemical weapons
SYRIA-CHEMICALS/CROATIA:Croatia considers role in destruction of Syrian chemical weapons