Women walk past election posters of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad along a street in Damascus
Women walk past election posters of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad along a street in Damascus June 2, 2014. Buoyed by a sequence of victories over the past year, won in large part through Iran and Hezbollah, its Lebanese paramilitary proxy, Assad will be elected president this week for a third seven-year term, symbolically contested by selected opponents playing walk-on roles to pad out the main drama. To match Insight SYRIA-ELECTION/ASSAD REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
A woman walks past election posters of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad along a street in Damascus
A woman walks past election posters of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad along a street in Damascus June 2, 2014. Buoyed by a sequence of victories over the past year, won in large part through Iran and Hezbollah, its Lebanese paramilitary proxy, Assad will be elected president this week for a third seven-year term, symbolically contested by selected opponents playing walk-on roles to pad out the main drama. To match Insight SYRIA-ELECTION/ASSAD REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
An election poster of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad hangs outside the central bank in Damascus
An election poster of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad hangs outside the central bank in Damascus June 2, 2014. Buoyed by a sequence of victories over the past year, won in large part through Iran and Hezbollah, its Lebanese paramilitary proxy, Assad will be elected president this week for a third seven-year term, symbolically contested by selected opponents playing walk-on roles to pad out the main drama. To match Insight SYRIA-ELECTION/ASSAD REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Debris and damage are pictured at a site hit by what activists said was an air strike by forces loyal to Syria's President Assad in al-Shaar neighbourhood of Aleppo
Debris and damage are pictured at a site hit by what activists said was an air strike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in al-Shaar neighbourhood of Aleppo June 2, 2014. REUTERS/Nour Kelze (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
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A man who survived what activists said was an air strike in al-Shaar neighbourhood of Aleppo, points at his house as he waits for members of the Civil Defence to find his relatives under the rubble
A man who survived what activists said was an air strike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in al-Shaar neighbourhood of Aleppo, points at his house as he waits for members of the Civil Defence to find his relatives under the rubble June 2, 2014. REUTERS/Nour Kelze (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
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Men stand by a window as they look at the damage caused by what activists said was an air strike in al-Shaar neighbourhood of Aleppo
Men stand by a window as they look at the damage caused by what activists said was an air strike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in al-Shaar neighbourhood of Aleppo June 2, 2014. REUTERS/Nour Kelze (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Members of the Civil Defence search for survivors and casualties under the rubble after what activists said was an air strike in al-Shaar neighbourhood of Aleppo
Members of the Civil Defence search for survivors and casualties under the rubble after what activists said was an air strike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in al-Shaar neighbourhood of Aleppo June 2, 2014. REUTERS/Nour Kelze (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)