People pose for pictures at a clock tower decorated with posters depicting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Homs
People pose for pictures at a clock tower decorated with posters depicting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Homs May 15, 2014. The fall of Syria's third largest city to government forces is a major blow to the opposition and a boost for Assad, weeks before his likely re-election. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT ELECTIONS)
Man on a motorcycle rides past a poster depicting Syria's President Assad on a wall in the pro-government al-Zahraa neighbourhood in Homs
A man on a motorcycle rides past a poster depicting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on a wall in the pro-government al-Zahraa neighbourhood in Homs May 15, 2014. Despite the carnage and loss of swathes of territory in the north and east to insurgents, Syria plans to hold a presidential election next month that is all but certain to give Assad a third term. Opponents have dismissed the vote as a farce.The wall was built to protect the neighbourhood from the rebel snipers before the fall of Homs to government forces. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT ELECTIONS)
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Youths, one of them with a Syrian national flag depicting Syria's President Assad draped over his shoulders, walk over debris and rubble in the Old Clock area in Homs
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People inspect a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Assad in Kfar Zeita village in the central province of Hama
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People inspect a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Assad in Kfar Zeita village in the central province of Hama
People inspect a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Kfar Zeita village in the central province of Hama May 15, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmad Rif (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)