Actors perform in a scene during the filming of an episode of the Syrian television series "Al-Haqaeb - Dhubou al-Shanatee" at a set location in old Damascus
Actors perform in a scene during the filming of an episode of the Syrian television series "Al-Haqaeb - Dhubou al-Shanatee" (Baggage - Pack Your Bags) directed by Al-Laith Hajjo at a set location in old Damascus July 6, 2014. As conflict continues in Syria, one group of actors is literally risking their lives to bring drama to television screens. Like many Syrian dramas filmed over the last three years, "Al-Haqaeb - Dhubou al-Shanatee" (Baggage - Pack Your Bags) is a series which focuses on the life of a Syrian family living through the war. Picture taken July 6, 2014. REUTERS/ Omar Sanadiki (SYRIA - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
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Damaged buildings are seen at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces of Syria's President Assad in Aleppo's al-Shaar district
Damaged buildings are seen at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's al-Shaar district July 9, 2014. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Man stands on rubble as a fire burns behind him caused by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces of Syria's President Assad in Aleppo's al-Shaar district
A man stands on rubble as a fire burns behind him caused by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's al-Shaar district July 9, 2014. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Men walk on debris of collapsed buildings at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces of Syria's President Assad in Aleppo's al-Shaar district
Men walk on debris of collapsed buildings at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's al-Shaar district July 9, 2014. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Man and a woman walk past a fire at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces of Syria's President Assad in Aleppo's al-Shaar district
A man and a woman walk past a fire at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's al-Shaar district July 9, 2014. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Woman and a child walk on debris of collapsed buildings in Sheikh Saeed neighbourhood in Aleppo
A woman and a child walk on debris of collapsed buildings in Sheikh Saeed neighbourhood in Aleppo July 9, 2014. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT SOCIETY)
People walk on the debris of collapsed buildings in Sheikh Saeed neighbourhood in Aleppo
People walk on the debris of collapsed buildings in Sheikh Saeed neighbourhood in Aleppo July 9, 2014. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)