Syria

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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 an elderly Syrian rebel sitting in a trench, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Syrian rebels have attacked a village in the country's east, killing dozens of Shiites, mostly pro-government fighters, activists said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)

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Iraqis walk past posters of Abbas Mahmoud al-Maliki, an Iraqi Shiite fighter who was killed in Syria as he was protecting the Sayida Zeinab shrine, in Baghdad on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Iraqi Shiite fighters are playing an increasingly prominent role in neighboring Syria's civil war, exacerbating Iraq's own fraught sectarian tensions even as violence in the country spikes to its highest level in years. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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An Israeli tank is loaded onto a truck near the Quneitra crossing with Syria, Thursday, June 6, 2013. Syrian rebels on Thursday captured a crossing point along a cease-fire line with Israel in the contested Golan Heights, a development that could deepen Israeli concerns over the growing role of Islamic radicals in the civil war near its northern frontier.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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** FILE ** This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels preparing to fire locally made rockets, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Tuesday, June 4, 2013. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** This citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Fadi Kerkoz mourning next to a body of his brother Shadi Kerkoz, who was killed in a battle against Syrian forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, in the town of Qusair, near the Lebanon border, Homs province, Syria, on June 2, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Homes destroyed by government airstrikes and shelling in the Barzeh district of Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, June 1, 2013, are pictured in a citizen journalist image provided by the Local Council of Barzeh and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting. (AP Photo/Local Council of Barzeh)

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This image made from video posted by Ugarit News and taken on May 29, 2013, which is consistent with other AP reporting, shows an explosion from shelling in Qusair, Syria. Syrian President Bashar Assad said the regime has received its first shipment of a sophisticated Russian anti-aircraft missile system, and the main Western-backed opposition group announced Thursday that it will not participate in peace talks — a double blow to international efforts to end the country's devastating civil war. (Associated Press/Ugarit News via AP video)