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Khaled Atallah

Khaled Atallah is a pseudonym for a Syrian journalist based in Syria.

A Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighter gestures towards fellow fighters operating a tank during what the FSA said was an offensive to take control of al-Zaalana checkpoint in Wadi al-Deif military camp, which remains under government control, in the southern Idlib countryside July 9, 2014. Free Syrian Army fighters started the al-Jaysh al-Wahad (The One Army) battle against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad over the al-Hamidiyeh and Wadi al-Deif military camps in Idlib, trying to take control of t

Syrian rebels eye capital after gains in south

A student sits for her exam in what activists say is the only school in Hama not controlled by the Syrian regime, located in an area controlled by the Free Syrian Army, in Hama countryside May 10, 2014. Picture taken May 10, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmad Rif (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT EDUCATION) - RTR3OPCU

Hama maintains its calm amid Syrian storm

A man rides his bicycle along a street filled with debris in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus September 10, 2014. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTR45MM4

Obama needs peace in Syria to defeat IS

Syrian army soldiers leave their position after it was bombed by rebel fighters during a battle in Syria near the border fence with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights September 1, 2014. Heavy fighting between Syrian army forces and rebels erupted on the Golan Heights on Monday, a Reuters photographer said, but it was unclear if either of the two sides had gained an advantage to control a key frontier crossing. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY) - RTR44H7H

Syrian rebels break uneasy peace in Golan Heights

A view of a damaged mosque in Jobar, a suburb of Damascus July 18, 2014.
REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT RELIGION) - RTR3Z8JI

Regime tries to root out rebels surrounding Syrian capital

Clashes between Druze, Bedouins rattle Syria’s south