In this photo taken during a government-organized tour, Syrian soldiers celebrate after they regained control of the district of Midan, in the southern part of Damascus, Syria, Friday, July 20, 2012. Syrian troops and tanks on Friday drove rebels from a Damascus neighborhood where some of the heaviest of this week's fighting in the capital left cars gutted and fighters' bodies in the streets. Hundereds of people were killed in a single day, activists said, as the military struggles to regain momentum after a stunning bombing against the regime's leadership. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi) Photo: Bassem Tellawi, Associated Press / SFIn this photo taken during a government-organized tour, Syrian...
A Syrian army soldier walks in a burned appartment in the al-Midan area in Damascus on July 20, 2012. Syrian regime forces routed rebel fighters from the Damascus neighbourhood of Midan, Syrian state television reported, saying troops had "cleaned" the district of "terrorists." AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARALOUAI BESHARA/AFP/GettyImages Photo: Louai Beshara, AFP/Getty Images / SFA Syrian army soldier walks in a burned appartment in the al-Midan...
A Syrian army soldier and a resident look at burned neighborhood in the al-Midan area in Damascus on July 20, 2012. Syrian regime forces routed rebel fighters from the Damascus neighbourhood of Midan, Syrian state television reported, saying troops had "cleaned" the district of "terrorists." AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARALOUAI BESHARA/AFP/GettyImages Photo: Louai Beshara, AFP/Getty Images / SFA Syrian army soldier and a resident look at burned neighborhood in...
Syrians carry their belongings as they cross into Lebanon at the border crossing point in Masnaa, eastern Lebanon, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Damascus, Syria, Friday, July 20, 2012. Private cars as well as taxis and buses carried thousands of people fleeing the violence in the Syrian capital. Syrian troops regained control of a rebellious neighborhood in Damascus Friday as more than 300 people were reported killed the day before in a sharp escalation of the country's civil war. (AP Photo) Photo: Str, Associated Press / SFSyrians carry their belongings as they cross into Lebanon at the...
TOPSHOTS UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan looks on before a meeting at his office at the United Nations Offices in Geneva on July 20, 2012. UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan is "disappointed" at the UN Security Council's failure to press for an end of the Syria conflict, his spokesman said after Russia and China vetoed a resolution proposing sanctions against the government. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINIFABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/GettyImages Photo: Fabrice Coffrini, AFP/Getty Images / SFTOPSHOTS UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan looks on before a meeting...
Members of the media take pictures of weapons, communciation equipments and military outfits allegedly left behind by Syrian rebels in the al-Midan area in Damascus on July 20, 2012. Syrian regime forces routed rebel fighters from the Damascus neighbourhood of Midan, Syrian state television reported, saying troops had "cleaned" the district of "terrorists." AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARALOUAI BESHARA/AFP/GettyImages Photo: Louai Beshara, AFP/Getty Images / SFMembers of the media take pictures of weapons, communciation...
Picture shows the minaret of a mosque hit by a rocket in a partially destroyed neighborhood in the al-Midan area in Damascus on July 20, 2012. Syrian regime forces routed rebel fighters from the Damascus neighbourhood of Midan, Syrian state television reported, saying troops had "cleaned" the district of "terrorists." AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARALOUAI BESHARA/AFP/GettyImages Photo: Louai Beshara, AFP/Getty Images / SFPicture shows the minaret of a mosque hit by a rocket in a...
Syrian army soldiers hang their national flag in a partially destroyed neighborhood in the al-Midan area in Damascus on July 20, 2012. Syrian regime forces routed rebel fighters from the Damascus neighbourhood of Midan, Syrian state television reported, saying troops had "cleaned" the district of "terrorists." AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARALOUAI BESHARA/AFP/GettyImages Photo: Louai Beshara, AFP/Getty Images / SFSyrian army soldiers hang their national flag in a partially...
A Syrian soldier gestures in front of damaged buildings during a guided government tour for journalists of the al-Midan area in Damascus on July 20, 2012. Syrian regime forces routed rebel fighters from the Damascus neighbourhood of Midan, Syrian state television reported, saying troops had "cleaned" the district of "terrorists." AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARALOUAI BESHARA/AFP/GettyImages Photo: Louai Beshara, AFP/Getty Images / SFA Syrian soldier gestures in front of damaged buildings during a...
A Syrian army soldier walks in a partially destroyed neighborhood in the al-Midan area in Damascus on July 20, 2012. Syrian regime forces routed rebel fighters from the Damascus neighbourhood of Midan, Syrian state television reported, saying troops had "cleaned" the district of "terrorists." AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARALOUAI BESHARA/AFP/GettyImages Photo: Louai Beshara, AFP/Getty Images / SFA Syrian army soldier walks in a partially destroyed neighborhood...
Syrian soldiers walk in the al-Midan area in Damascus on July 20, 2012. Syrian regime forces routed rebel fighters from the Damascus neighbourhood of Midan, Syrian state television reported, saying troops had "cleaned" the district of "terrorists." AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARALOUAI BESHARA/AFP/GettyImages Photo: Louai Beshara, AFP/Getty Images / SFSyrian soldiers walk in the al-Midan area in Damascus on July 20,...
A picture taken on July 20, 2012 shows lorries burning at the Bab al-Hawa border post with Turkey after it was seized by Syrian rebels in Bab al-Hawa. Syrian rebels seized control of the Bab Al-Hawa border post with Turkey today after a fierce battle with Syrian troops, an AFP photographer at the scene reported. Some 150 armed rebel fighters were in control of the post, which lies opposite Turkey's Cilvegozu border crossing in the southern province of Hatay. AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/GettyImages Photo: Bulent Kilic, AFP/Getty Images / SFA picture taken on July 20, 2012 shows lorries burning at the Bab...
TOPSHOTS A broken picture of former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad is seen at the Bab Al-Hawa border gate after clashes between Syrian rebels and the Syrian Army on July 20, 2012. Syrian rebels seized control of the Bab Al-Hawa border post with Turkey on July 20, 2012 after a fierce battle with Syrian troops, an AFP photographer at the scene reported. Some 150 armed rebel fighters were in control of the post, which lies opposite Turkey's Cilvegozu border crossing in the southern province of Hatay. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/GettyImages Photo: Bulent Kilic, AFP/Getty Images / SFTOPSHOTS A broken picture of former Syrian president Hafez...
A fighter beats a poster with his shoe of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after rebel forces stormed a government position in the center of town in Al Tal, Syria, July 19, 2012. (Austin Tice/MCT) Photo: Austin Tice, McClatchy-Tribune News Service / SFA fighter beats a poster with his shoe of Syrian President Bashar...
Rebels display handcuffs and riot batons captured from the government position in Al Tal, Syria, July 19, 2012. (Austin Tice/MCT) Photo: Austin Tice, McClatchy-Tribune News Service / SFRebels display handcuffs and riot batons captured from the...
Rebels loot a captured government position in Al Tal, Syria, July 19, 2012. They carried off computer equipment, sensitive documents, uniforms, weapons, boxes of ammunition, and captured over 40 prisoners. (Austin Tice/MCT) Photo: Austin Tice, McClatchy-Tribune News Service / SFRebels loot a captured government position in Al Tal, Syria, July...
In this photo taken during a government-organized tour, Syrian soldiers inspect burned cars in a damaged alley after they regained control of the district of Midan, in the southern part of Damascus, Syria, Friday, July 20, 2012. Syrian troops and tanks on Friday drove rebels from a Damascus neighborhood where some of the heaviest of this week's fighting in the capital left cars gutted and fighters' bodies in the streets. Hundreds of people were killed in a single day, activists said, as the military struggles to regain momentum after a stunning bombing against the regime's leadership. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi) Photo: Bassem Tellawi, Associated Press / SFIn this photo taken during a government-organized tour, Syrian...
A Jordanian shepherd tends his flock near the Syrian-Jordan border on the outskirts of Ramtha, Jordan, in Al-Torra village, which borders Daraa, Syria, Friday, July 20, 2012. The fields behind the shepherd are part of Syria, where many refugees cross the fence at night. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon) Photo: Mohammad Hannon, Associated Press / SFA Jordanian shepherd tends his flock near the Syrian-Jordan border...
Turkish trucks cross from Syria into Turkey's border post at Cilvegozu in southern province of Hatay on July 20, 2012. An AFP photographer saw the burned shells of lorries scattered across the scene of Thursday's battle, and some 150 armed rebel fighters remained at the Syrian post, which lies opposite Turkey's Cilvegozu border crossing in the southern province of Hatay. AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN ADEM ALTAN/AFP/GettyImages Photo: Adem Altan, AFP/Getty Images / SFTurkish trucks cross from Syria into Turkey's border post at...
A picture taken on July 20, 2012 shows carcasses of burnt-out lorries at the Bab al-Hawa border post with Turkey after it was seized by Syrian rebels in Bab al-Hawa. Syrian rebels seized control of the Bab Al-Hawa border post with Turkey today after a fierce battle with Syrian troops, an AFP photographer at the scene reported. Some 150 armed rebel fighters were in control of the post, which lies opposite Turkey's Cilvegozu border crossing in the southern province of Hatay. AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/GettyImages Photo: Bulent Kilic, AFP/Getty Images / SFA picture taken on July 20, 2012 shows carcasses of burnt-out...
A picture taken on July 20, 2012 shows carcasses of burnt-out lorries at the Bab al-Hawa border post with Turkey after it was seized by Syrian rebels in Bab al-Hawa. Syrian rebels seized control of the Bab Al-Hawa border post with Turkey today after a fierce battle with Syrian troops, an AFP photographer at the scene reported. Some 150 armed rebel fighters were in control of the post, which lies opposite Turkey's Cilvegozu border crossing in the southern province of Hatay. AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/GettyImages Photo: Bulent Kilic, AFP/Getty Images / SFA picture taken on July 20, 2012 shows carcasses of burnt-out...
A handout picture released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network on July 20, 2012, allegedly shows members of the Free Syrian Army in Saqba, on the outskirts of Damascus. Syrian forces launched an all-out assault on opposition strongholds in the capital, a day after rebels seized crossings on the Iraq and Turkey borders on the 16-month conflict's deadliest day so far. == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / SHAAM NEWS NETWORK" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - AFP IS USING PICTURES FROM ALTERNATIVE SOURCES AS IT WAS NOT AUTHORISED TO COVER THIS EVENT, THEREFORE IT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DIGITAL ALTERATIONS TO THE PICTURE'S EDITORIAL CONTENT, DATE AND LOCATION WHICH CANNOT BE INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED ==-/AFP/GettyImages Photo: -, AFP/Getty Images / SFA handout picture released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News...
Syrian children fight over goods taken from a truck which rebels captured at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey on July 20, 2012, near Aleppo. Syrian rebels seized control of the Bab Al-Hawa border post with Turkey today after a fierce battle with Syrian troops, an AFP photographer at the scene reported. Some 150 armed rebel fighters were in control of the post, which lies opposite Turkey's Cilvegozu border crossing in the southern province of Hatay. AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/GettyImages Photo: Bulent Kilic, AFP/Getty Images / SFSyrian children fight over goods taken from a truck which rebels...
A handout picture released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network on July 20, 2012, allegedly shows a Free Syrian Army militant holding a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) in Saqba, on the outskirts of Damascus. Syrian forces launched an all-out assault on opposition strongholds in the capital, a day after rebels seized crossings on the Iraq and Turkey borders on the 16-month conflict's deadliest day so far. == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / SHAAM NEWS NETWORK" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - AFP IS USING PICTURES FROM ALTERNATIVE SOURCES AS IT WAS NOT AUTHORISED TO COVER THIS EVENT, THEREFORE IT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DIGITAL ALTERATIONS TO THE PICTURE'S EDITORIAL CONTENT, DATE AND LOCATION WHICH CANNOT BE INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED ==-/AFP/GettyImages Photo: -, AFP/Getty Images / SFA handout picture released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News...
