(01 of09)
Open Image ModalHundreds of Syrians walk on a street with damaged buildings before going out of town to buy food and other essential materials as they go through a military checkpoint in the town of Beit Sahm, south of the capital, Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(02 of09)
Open Image ModalHundreds of Syrians mingle amid rubble before going out of town to buy food and other essential materials as they wait in line at a military checkpoint in the town of Beit Sahm, south of the capital, Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(03 of09)
Open Image ModalA photograph taken from Suruc district of Sanliurfa, Turkey, near Turkish-Syrian border crossing shows smoke rising from the Syrian border town of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) following the US-led coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets on January 16, 2015. (Photo by Halil Fidan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
(04 of09)
Open Image ModalProtestors walk in the streets of the rebel-held part of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo holding Islamic banners during a demonstration on January 15, 2015, condemning the latest cartoon published by the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo featuring the Prophet Mohammed. (ZEIN AL-RIFAI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ZEIN AL-RIFAI via Getty Images)
(05 of09)
Open Image ModalA displaced Syrian girl walks past tents at a camp located in a rebel-held area on the outskirts of the northern city of Aleppo, near the border with Turkey, on January 13, 2015. (KARAM AL-MASRI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KARAM AL-MASRI via Getty Images)
(06 of09)
Open Image ModalA general view of the destroyed houses covered with snow in the Cobar region of Damascus, Syria on January 11, 2015. (Photo by Lokman Saif/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
(07 of09)
Open Image ModalA general view of the destroyed houses covered with snow in the Cobar region of Damascus, Syria on January 11, 2015. (Photo by Lokman Saif/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
(08 of09)
Open Image ModalSyrians collect wood from the wreckages of their houses which were destroyed by the attacks of Assad regime forces in the Cobar region of Damascus, Syria on January 11, 2015. Syrians use woods to light a fire to get warm in the cold winter days. (Photo by Ammar Sulaiman/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
(09 of09)
Open Image ModalIn this Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, speaks with Syrian troops during his visit on the front line in the eastern Damascus district of Jobar, Syria. (AP Photo/SANA) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)