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In this citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network ENN, photo taken on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, anti-Syrian regime protesters hold a poster during a demonstration at the northern town of Kfar Nebel, in Idlib province, Syria. Syrian rebels clashed with soldiers for hours overnight in a northwestern province and inflicted heavy casualties on government forces, activists said Wednesday. The fighting came after the head the of the country's U.N. observers said his forces had come under attack and cast doubt on the future of the mission. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)
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Christians, who make up about 10 percent of Syria's population, say they are particularly vulnerable to the violence sweeping their country. They fear that their future in Syria could be comparable to what Christians in Iraq suffered after the fall of Saddam Hussein when they were targeted repeatedly by extremist militants. "What is happening in these neighborhoods pains our hearts," said Maximos al-Jamal, a Greek Orthodox priest who remains in Homs. (Associated Press)
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This image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed on Monday, June 18, 2012, purports to show smoke rising from buildings in Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP Video)
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A still from an amateur video released by Shaam News Network purports to show black smoke rising from buildings in Homs, Syria, where Syrian forces renewed shelling Monday. (Associated Press)
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This image made from amateur video released by Ugarit News and accessed on Sunday, June 17, 2012, purports to show a Syrian man standing in smoke from rockets that hit a building in Rastan town in Syria's Homs province. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP Video)
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Syrians chant slogans during a demonstration in Idlib province in northern Syria in this image taken by a citizen journalist on Friday, June 15, 2012, and provided by Edlib News Network. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network)
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UN observers welcome their comrades upon their return from al-Haffa, in northern Syria, to Damascus, Syria on Saturday, June 16, 2012. U.N. Observers in Syria suspended their activities and patrols Saturday because of escalating violence in the country, the head of the mission said, the strongest sign yet that an international peace plan for Syria is disintegrating. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)
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This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed June 14, 2012, purports to show shelling in Joret el-Shayah, Homs, Syria. (Associated Press/Shaam News Network via AP video)
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Syrian soldiers stand at the site of a car bombing near the shrine of Sayyida Zeinab (background) in suburban Damascus, Syria, on Thursday, June 14, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)
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This citizen journalism image taken on Saturday purports to show anti-Syrian regime mourners carrying the coffins of Syrian citizens killed in shelling by Syrian troops in Daraa, Syria. According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, civilians were killed in heavy shelling on Saturday in Daraa, where the uprising began in March 2011. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network purports to show a girl holding the Syrian revolutionary flag during a demonstration in the eastern city of Deir el-Zour, Syria, on June 8, 2012. (Associated Press/Shaam News Network)
