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Merchants remove their wares Nov. 6, 2012, from the souk in the Old City of Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)

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Syrian rebel fighters take cover Oct. 26, 2012, as a Syrian army sniper aims over a destroyed mosque in Tarik Al-Bab, southeast of Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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** FILE ** In this Nov. 7, 2012, file photo, a Syrian rebel fires at snipers in Harem, Syria. (Associated Press)

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This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows a damaged vehicle at the scene after an attack in Damascus, Syria, on Nov. 7, 2012. (Associated Press/SANA)

A Syrian family who fled violence in their village sit Nov. 4, 2012, in front of a fire next to their tent at a camp for the internally displaced in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria. (Associated Press)

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A Syrian woman who fled the violence in her village sits Nov. 4, 2012, in tent at a camp in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria. (Associated Press)

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Two Syrian girls, both of whom fled with their family from the violence in their village, sit Nov. 4, 2012, in front of a fire next to their tent at a camp in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria. (Associated Press)

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Syrians who fled from the violence in their village walk Nov. 4, 2012, between the tents at a camp for the displaced in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria. (Associated Press)

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A damaged building in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria, is seen Nov. 4, 2012, through a window after several weeks of intense battles between rebel fighters and the Syrian army. (Associated Press)

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Rebel fighters watch Nov. 4, 2012, as smoke rises after Syrian government forces fired an artillery round at a rebel position during heavy clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)

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A rebel sniper aims Nov. 4, 2012, through a hole in the wall that overlooks a position held by Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Assad hidden in a nearby building as they attempt to gain ground on the rebel lines during heavy clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)

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A rebel fighter prepares to throw a homemade grenade Nov. 4, 2012, toward a building where Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Assad are hiding while they attempt to gain terrain against the rebels during heavy clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)

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A rebel fighter fires a gun Nov. 4, 2012, toward a building where Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Assad are hiding while they attempt to gain terrain against the rebels during heavy clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)

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A rebel fighter claims victory Nov. 4, 2012, after launching a shoulder-fired missile toward a building where Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Assad are hiding while they attempt to gain terrain against the rebels during heavy clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)

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This June 12, 2012, photo shows a Syrian revolutionary flag waving atop a building on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. Syria's conflict is the most violent to emerge from last year's Arab Spring. The protests started peacefully but prompted a brutal crackdown by President Bashar Assad's government. The fighting has escalated into a civil war that has killed more than 30,000 people over the last year and a half, according to activists. Despite intervening in Libya, the United States has steered clear of taking military action or arming Syria's rebels. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)