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![A Syrian rebel looks at damaged display cases inside a former church turned into a film museum which was shelleld by government forces in Aleppo's old city on January 17, 2013. Rebels trying to break a months-long deadlock in their battle for Syria's second city Aleppo say they are cutting supply routes ahead of simultaneous assaults on regime bases. AFP PHOTO/AAMIR QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2015/03/159617125.jpg/159617125.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=P0frQmGN)
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![A Free Syrian Army fighter fires his weapon during clashes with forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Handarat area, north of Aleppo November 6, 2014. REUTERS/Hosam Katan (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTR4D5F0](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/11/RTR4D5F0.jpg/RTR4D5F0.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=pN7L2O4D)
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![Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad hold their weapons as they walk in Handarat area, north of Aleppo, after saying they have regained control of the area, October 4, 2014. The Syrian army has taken control of three villages, state television said, in a campaign by Assad's forces that could encircle insurgents in the city. Although there are smaller, more indirect routes into Aleppo, taking the northern road would also allow the army to besiege areas of the city which fell to insurgents in 201](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/10/RTR48XLH.jpg/RTR48XLH.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=clViGg3L)
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![Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad carry their weapons as they walk in the village and hill of Al-Samsam in Hama countryside, after saying they have regained control of the area September 13, 2014. REUTERS/George Ourfalian (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY) - RTR463AI](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/09/RTR463AI.jpg/RTR463AI.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=KZH4NRzQ)
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![Free Syrian Army fighters ride a tank as they patrol a street in Rif al-Muhandisin at the Western countryside of Aleppo March 27, 2014. Picture taken March 27, 2014. REUTERS/Abdalghne Karoof (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTR3IYY0](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/04/RTR3IYY0.jpg/RTR3IYY0.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=teCfaV1p)
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![A wounded Islamist rebel fighter carries his weapon during what they said was a takeover of the Furn Al-Ali building that was under control by the Syrian regime in Ramouseh, an area located beside Aleppo Artillery school April 12, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR3L05C](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/04/RTR3L05C.jpg/RTR3L05C.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=rWCdGREs)
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![A member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant carries his weapon as he looks through a hole in a wall in Sheikh Saeed neighbourhood December 4, 2013. REUTERS/Molhem Barakat (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY) - RTX163J6](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/12/RTX163J6.jpg/RTX163J6.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=3tTFfIwa)
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![A soldier loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad holds his weapon as he stands near a military vehicle in Tel Hasel, Aleppo province after capturing it from rebels November 15, 2013. State television aired a report on Friday it said was filmed in the centre of the town of Tel Hasel, 10 km (6 miles) south-east of Aleppo. The town is the third on the road to Aleppo to be taken by Assad's forces this month after the capture of Safira, close to a former chemical weapons site, and Tel Arn. REUTERS/George Our](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/11/RTX15FHO.jpg/RTX15FHO.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=WNxeqTZo)
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