TOPSHOTS-SYRIA-CONFLICT (01 of12)
Open Image ModalTOPSHOTS - Smoke rises from buildings in Syria\'s eastern town of Deir Ezzor on August 13, 2013 following an airstrike by government forces. Syrian opposition activists, including National Coalition members, have drawn up a transitional roadmap including a call for national reconciliation and justice for \"all of Syria\'s victims,\" a statement said. TOPSHOTS / AFP PHOTO / ABO SHUJA (credit:AFP時事)
TOPSHOTS-SYRIA-CONFLICT (02 of12)
Open Image ModalPeople search the rubble of a building which collapsed after it was allegedly bombed from the air during clashes between rebel fighter and pro-government troops on August 16, 2013, in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Syria\'s government said it has nothing to hide from a UN team of chemical weapons inspectors that it expects to visit the war-ravaged country in the coming days. AFP PHOTO/FOUAD (credit:AFP時事)
TOPSHOTS-SYRIA-CONFLICT (03 of12)
Open Image ModalMen shout towards a digger (unseen) as they stand on the debris from a building which collapsed after it was allegedly bombed from the air during clashes between rebel fighter and pro-government troops on August 16, 2013, in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Syria\'s government said it has nothing to hide from a UN team of chemical weapons inspectors that it expects to visit the war-ravaged country in the coming days. AFP PHOTO/FOUAD (credit:AFP時事)
TOPSHOTS-SYRIA-CONFLICT (04 of12)
Open Image ModalPeople look on as a digger removes the debris from a building which collapsed after it was allegedly bombed from the air during clashes between rebel fighter and pro-government troops on August 16, 2013, in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Syria\'s government said it has nothing to hide from a UN team of chemical weapons inspectors that it expects to visit the war-ravaged country in the coming days. AFP PHOTO/FOUAD (credit:AFP時事)
TOPSHOTS-SYRIA-CONFLICT (05 of12)
Open Image ModalA Syrian rebel fires as a regime fighter jet flies overhead in Syria\'s eastern town of Deir Ezzor, on August 17, 2013. Al-Qaeda loyalists attacked a mainly Kurdish town in northeastern Syria sparking fighting in which 17 people were killed, two of them ambulance crew, a watchdog said. AFP PHOTO/ABO SHUJA (credit:AFP時事)
TOPSHOTS-SYRIA-CONFLICT (06 of12)
Open Image ModalSyrian rebels fighting pro-regime forces gather along a road in Syria\'s eastern town of Deir Ezzor, on August 17, 2013. Al-Qaeda loyalists attacked a mainly Kurdish town in northeastern Syria sparking fighting in which 17 people were killed, two of them ambulance crew, a watchdog said. AFP PHOTO/ABO SHUJA (credit:AFP時事)
TOPSHOTS-SYRIA-CONFLICT (07 of12)
Open Image ModalA Syrian rebel points to the sky as a regime fighter jet flies overhead in Syria\'s eastern town of Deir Ezzor, on August 17, 2013. Al-Qaeda loyalists attacked a mainly Kurdish town in northeastern Syria sparking fighting in which 17 people were killed, two of them ambulance crew, a watchdog said. AFP PHOTO/ABO SHUJA (credit:AFP時事)
TOPSHOTS-SYRIA-CONFLICT (08 of12)
Open Image ModalA Syrian rebel is seen walking past buildings destroyed during fighting with pro-government forces along a street in a residential neighborhood of the Syria\'s eastern town of Deir Ezzor, on August 17, 2013. Al-Qaeda loyalists attacked a mainly Kurdish town in northeastern Syria sparking fighting in which 17 people were killed, two of them ambulance crew, a watchdog said. AFP PHOTO/ABO SHUJA (credit:AFP時事)
TOPSHOTS-SYRIA-CONFLICT (09 of12)
Open Image ModalA handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on August 19, 2013 shows Syrian demonstrators waving their national flag and pictures of President Bashar al-Assad during a march near the central city of Homs, in support of the country\'s army. The Syrian army has recaptured rebel-held positions in Latakia, home province of Assad, state-run SANA news agency reported quoting a military source. AFP PHOTO/HO/SANA (credit:AFP時事)
TOPSHOTS-SYRIA-CONFLICT (10 of12)
Open Image ModalTOPSHOTSA general view shows Syria\'s 12th century Krak des Chevaliers castle in the Homs region, about 200 kms northwest of the capital Damascus, on August 19, 2013. Syria\'s famed Crusador castle, a UNESCO World Heritage site, was built between 1142 and 1271, according to UN organisation, and along with the adjoining Qalat Salah el-Din fortress, is considered one of the best preserved Crusader castles in existence. AFP PHOTO / LOUAI BESHARA (credit:AFP時事)
TOPSHOTS-SYRIA-CONFLICT (11 of12)
Open Image ModalA handout image released by the Syrian opposition\'s Shaam News Network on August 16, 2013 shows a destroyed building in the neighbourhood of Jubar, in the Syrian capital Damascus. Despite the Syrian army\'s efforts to regain full control of Damascus, the rebels remain firmly implanted in the suburbs where there are almost daily clashes. AFP PHOTO/HO/SHAAM NEWS NETWORK ＝＝ RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT \"AFP PHOTO / HO / SHAAM NEWS NETWORK\" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUT (credit:AFP時事)
TOPSHOTS-SYRIA-CONFLICT (12 of12)
Open Image ModalA handout image released by the Syrian opposition\'s Shaam News Network on August 17, 2013 shows heavily damaged buildings in Zamalka, a suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus. Despite the Syrian army\'s efforts to regain full control of Damascus, the rebels remain firmly implanted in the suburbs where there are almost daily clashes. AFP PHOTO/HO/SHAAM NEWS NETWORK ＝＝ RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT \"AFP PHOTO / HO / SHAAM NEWS NETWORK\" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DIST (credit:AFP時事)