Syria

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Syrian rebels run during heavy clashes with soldiers loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Salah al-Din neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday, July 9, 2013, in this citizen journalism image authenticated by its contents and other AP reporting. Syria is entering its third year of a war that began as an uprising against Mr. Assad's rule. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center)

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**FILE** In this July 3, 2013, citizen journalism image provided by Lens Young Homsi, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, buildings damaged by Syrian government airstrikes and shelling are seen in the Jouret al-Chiyah neighborhood of Homs, Syria. (Associated Press)

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Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with the state-run Al-Thawra newspaper in Damascus, Syria, on Thursday, July 4, 2013. (AP Photo/SANA)

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Syrians investigate an antiques shop damaged in a suicide bombing near the Greek Orthodox Virgin Mary Church in the predominantly Christian neighborhood of Bab Sharqi in central Damascus, Syria, on Thursday, June 27, 2013. (AP Photo/SANA)

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This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows a Syrian security agent looking at a damaged antique shop after a blast struck in the vicinity of the Greek Orthodox Virgin Mary Church in the predominantly Christian neighborhood of Bab Sharqi in central Damascus, Syria, Thursday, June 27, 2013. (AP Photo/SANA)

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Metal placards in the shape of Israeli soldiers sit on an old bunker at an observation point on Mt. Bental in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, overlooking the border with Syria, on June 24, 2013. (Associated Press)

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This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian man checking his destroyed house that was damaged by a Syrian forces air strike, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Thursday, June 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)