Once on the edge of defeat, Syria's Assad runs again for president
Despite the loss of 160,000 lives and the displacement of 10 mln, Assad says Syria will become again what it once was
Thousands of migrants rescued over the weekend arrive in Sicily
The last boatload of 1,325 migrants arrives in Sicily, after a weekend in which authorities worked non-stop to rescue more than 3,500 migrants pouring into Italian waters amid calm summer seas
A man looks for his belongings among debris after what activists said was an explosive barrel thrown by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad on Al-Ghariya
A man looks for his belongings among debris after what activists said was an explosive barrel thrown by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad on Al-Ghariya, in the east countryside of Deraa province June 1, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Fares (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Displaced Syrians take shelter in caves
Displaced Syrians from a village near Deraa take shelter in caves as country's civil war rages on
Syrian refugee boys sell clothes at the Bab Al-Salam refugee camp in Azaz, near the Syrian-Turkish border
Syrian refugee boys sell clothes at the Bab Al-Salam refugee camp in Azaz, near the Syrian-Turkish border June 1, 2014. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT SOCIETY IMMIGRATION)
A Free Syrian Army fighter walks by sandbags beside the Castle and Palace of Justice in Aleppo
A Free Syrian Army fighter walks by sandbags beside the Castle and Palace of Justice in Aleppo June 1, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY)
Syrian refugees rest under an umbrella at the Bab Al-Salam refugee camp in Azaz, near the Syrian-Turkish border
Syrian refugees rest under an umbrella at the Bab Al-Salam refugee camp in Azaz, near the Syrian-Turkish border June 1, 2014. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT SOCIETY IMMIGRATION)
A Syrian refugee boy walks beside tents at the Bab Al-Salam refugee camp in Azaz, near the Syrian-Turkish border
A Syrian refugee boy walks beside tents at the Bab Al-Salam refugee camp in Azaz, near the Syrian-Turkish border June 1, 2014. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT SOCIETY IMMIGRATION)
A Syrian refugee boy, who was injured in a recent bombing beside Bab Al-Salam refugee camp, poses as he rests in his tent in Azaz, near the Syrian-Turkish border
Faraj Idris (11), a Syrian refugee boy who was injured in a recent bombing beside Bab Al-Salam refugee camp, poses as he rests in his tent in Azaz, near the Syrian-Turkish border June 1, 2014. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SOCIETY IMMIGRATION)
Free Syrian Army fighters rest in a safehouse beside the Castle and Palace of Justice in Aleppo
Free Syrian Army fighters rest in a safehouse beside the Castle and Palace of Justice in Aleppo June 1, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)