It is estimated that more than 100,000 people in Syria have been killed in more than two years of war. Millions of people are displaced inside Syria and well over 1.5 million refugees have sought asylum in neighboring countries.
Syria in Crisis
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A Free Syrian Army member is seen behind sandbags at a checkpoint during a siege on the Kurdish city of Afrin, which is under the control of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in the Aleppo countryside June 30, 2013.
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A Syrian rebel fires his weapon during heavy clashes with Syrian soldiers loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad near Aleppo International Airport, July 2, 2013.
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Homes are seen destroyed by Syrian government airstrikes and shelling in the neighborhood of Karam Tarab near Aleppo International Airport, July 2, 2013. (Citizen journalism image)
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Free Syrian Army members rest with their weapons on a lookout point beside the Shi'ite villages of Nubbul and Al-Zahraa that they plan to siege in Aleppo countryside June 30, 2013.