![SYRIA-CRISIS/ A member of Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra mans a checkpoint on the border crossing between Syria and Jordan, which they claim to have taken control of, in Daraa December 26, 2013. Flag reads, "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet. Al-Nusra front, al-Qaeda in the Levant". Picture taken December 26, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Khassawneh (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTX16VW7](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2014/02/RTX16VW7.jpg/RTX16VW7.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=mZXKecDZ)
![SYRIA-CRISIS/ A member of Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra mans a checkpoint on the border crossing between Syria and Jordan, which they claim to have taken control of, in Daraa December 26, 2013. Flag reads, "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet. Al-Nusra front, al-Qaeda in the Levant". Picture taken December 26, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Khassawneh (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTX16VW7](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2014/02/RTX16VW7.jpg/RTX16VW7.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=mZXKecDZ)
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![SYRIA-CRISIS/ A member of Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra mans a checkpoint on the border crossing between Syria and Jordan, which they claim to have taken control of, in Daraa December 26, 2013. Flag reads, "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet. Al-Nusra front, al-Qaeda in the Levant". Picture taken December 26, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Khassawneh (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTX16VW7](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2014/02/RTX16VW7.jpg/RTX16VW7.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=mZXKecDZ)
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