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A Syrian family walks down a street that was destroyed in an Assad-regime airstrike earlier in the day in the al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Lakhdar Brahimi (center), the U.N.-Arab League joint special representative for Syria, arrives for closed-door consultations on Syria at the United Nations on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/David Karp)

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Free Syrian Army fighters are seen in a truck outside their headquarters in Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

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Azmat Allah Kolmahmedov (left), the Russian ambassador to Syria, greets Aref Dalila, a Syrian opposition figure, at the opening session of a conference of some 16 opposition parties headed by the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria in Damascus, Syria, on Sept. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

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In this Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 photo, a Syrian woman holds a bouquet of flowers and rebel flag during a demonstration in the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday that nearly 30,000 Syrians have been killed during the 18-month uprising against the Assad regime. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)

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A Free Syrian Army fighter fires an anti-aircraft machine gun against a Syrian Army jet in the Saif Al Dula district in Aleppo, Syria, on Sept. 19, 2012. (Associated Press)

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A Free Syrian Army fighter stands at the front line in the Amariya district in Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

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Israeli soldiers conduct a military exercise Sept. 19, 2012, in the Israeli-controlled part of the Golan Heights that was captured from neighboring Syria in the 1967 war. It was the military's largest snap drill in years as tensions with Iran over its nuclear program rise and civil war in neighboring Syria rages. (Associated Press)

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In this image taken from video obtained Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, from the Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian Army soldiers seize Ain al-Arous town in Raqqa, Syria, on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)