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A man operates a bulldozer to remove rubble and open a road at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped yesterday evening by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, at Qadi Askar district in Aleppo
A man operates a bulldozer to remove rubble and open a road at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped yesterday evening by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, at Qadi Askar district in Aleppo June 5, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Men work at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped yesterday evening by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, at Qadi Askar district in Aleppo
Men work at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped yesterday evening by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, at Qadi Askar district in Aleppo June 5, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
A view shows a damaged mosque at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped yesterday evening by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, at Qadi Askar district
A view shows a damaged mosque at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped yesterday evening by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, at Qadi Askar district in Aleppo June 5, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT RELIGION)
A man operates a dozer to remove rubble and to open a road at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped yesterday evening by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, at Qadi Askar district
A man operates a dozer to remove rubble and to open a road at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped yesterday evening by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, at Qadi Askar district in Aleppo June 5, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
People inspect a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped yesterday evening by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, at Qadi Askar district
People inspect a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped yesterday evening by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, at Qadi Askar district in Aleppo June 5, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)