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A damaged building is seen through a window on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, after several weeks of intense battles between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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Rebel fighters run for cover through smoke from an explosion as they try to repel a coordinated attack from mortar, tank and aerial artillery fire by loyalists of President Bashar Assad in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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In this Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, photo, damaged buildings are seen along a desolated street in the Karm al-Jebel battlefield after several days of intense clashes between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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In this Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 photo, rebel fighters watch over enemy positions as they wait for Syrian army troops to enter a street during clashes in the Karmal Jabl battlefield in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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In this Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 photo, rebel fighters carry out a bomb through the front line streets as they prepare an attack against Syrian army troops during clashes in the Karmal Jabl battlefield in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 photo, rebel fighters watch over their enemy's position as they prepare themselves to shoot an shoulder-fired rocket towards an army tank in the Karm al-Jebel neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. Violent clashes re-ignited along the city's frontline while government warplanes attacked rebel controlled areas throughout the financial capital of Syria's largest city. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).

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In this Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter runs for cover at the front line during clashes in the Karmal Jabl battlefield in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 photo, an 8-year-old Syrian girl struggles for life at a hospital, after she arrived badly injured by an aerial attack by government forces in the Bab Al-Neyrab neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. Violent clashes re-ignited along the city's frontline while government warplanes attacked rebel controlled areas throughout the financial capital of Syria's largest city. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 photo, a Syrian civilian keeps vigil for his 8-year-old daughter as she struggles for life at a hospital after they were injured by an aerial attack by government forces in the Bab al-Neyrab neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. Violent clashes re-ignited along the city's frontline while government warplanes attacked rebel controlled areas throughout the financial capital of Syria's largest city. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 photo, a shocked Syrian civilian cries after arriving to a hospital injured from an aerial attack by government forces in the Karm al-Aser neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. Violent clashes re-ignited along the city's frontline while government warplanes attacked rebel controlled areas throughout the financial capital of Syria's largest city. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 photo, shows the destruction along a street in the Karm al-Jebel neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. Violent clashes re-ignited along the city's frontline while government warplanes attacked rebel controlled areas throughout the financial capital of Syria's largest city. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter prepares to fire on pro-government forces in the Karm al-Jebel neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. Violent clashes re-ignited along the city's frontline while government warplanes attacked rebel controlled areas throughout the financial capital of Syria's largest city. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).

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** FILE ** In this Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, photo, Syrian rebel fighters take cover as a Syrian army sniper aims over a destroyed mosque in Tarik Al-Bab, southeast of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

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In this picture taken on Wednesday Oct. 31, 2012, a citizen journalism image provided by Lens Young Homsi, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows buildings which were destroyed from the shelling by Syrian forces loyal to Syrian president Bashar Assad, at al-Qossour neighborhood in Homs province, central Syria. Syrian warplanes fired missiles at opposition strongholds around Damascus and in the north on Wednesday as Turkey, a key backer of the anti-regime rebels, appeared to distance itself from an earlier call to impose a no-fly zone. (AP Photo/Lens Yong Homsi)

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In this picture taken on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, a citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, the bodies of two young Syrian girls, who were killed by the shelling by Syrian forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, lie on a hospital bed at Kfar Batikh village, in Idlib province, northern Syria. Syrian warplanes fired missiles at opposition strongholds around Damascus and in the north on Wednesday as Turkey, a key backer of the anti-regime rebels, appeared to distance itself from an earlier call to impose a no-fly zone. (AP Photo/Idlib News Network ENN)

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In this picture taken on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, a citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian man mourns as he holds the body of a young girl, who was killed in shelling of the Syrian forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, at Kfar Batikh village, in Idlib province, northern Syria. Syrian warplanes fired missiles at opposition strongholds around Damascus and in the north on Wednesday as Turkey, a key backer of the anti-regime rebels, appeared to distance itself from an earlier call to impose a no-fly zone. (AP Photo/Idlib News Network ENN)