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A mosaic of Hafez Al Assad is seen after being shot at by FSA soldiers after heavy clashes with government forces at a military academy besieged by the rebels in Tal Sheer, Syria, Sunday, Dec 16, 2012 (AP Photo / Manu Brabo)
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In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007 file photo, Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa talks to journalists during a joint press conference with Italian Premier Romano Prodi at Chigi palace, in Rome. Syria's longtime vice president said the army cannot defeat the rebels fighting to topple the regime, the first admission by a top government official that a victory by President Bashar Assad is unlikely. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
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Free Syrian Army fighter looks at the body of a Syrian Army soldier after heavy clashes with government forces at a military academy besieged by the rebels in Tal Sheer, Syria, Sunday, Dec 16, 2012. (AP Photo / Manu Brabo)
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Machine gun rounds are seen near to a Syrian Army trench after heavy clashes with government forces at a military academy besieged by the rebels in Tal Sheer, Syria, Sunday, Dec 16, 2012. (AP Photo / Manu Brabo)
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In this Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 photo, people help a wounded Free Syrian Army fighter during heavy clashes with government forces at a military academy besieged by rebels north of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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In this Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 photo, Syrian rebels listen to their trainer while teaching them how to use the RPG during a training session in Maaret Ikhwan, near Idlib, Syria. The training is part of an attempt to transform the rag-tag rebel groups into a disciplined fighting force. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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** FILE ** Syrian rebels attend a training session in Maaret Ikhwan, near Idlib, Syria, Dec. 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, photo, people gather by the window of a makeshift post where Free Syrian Army fighters sell bread, in Maaret Misreen, near Idlib, Syria. The town is broke, relying on a slowing trickle of local donations. The rebels, a motley crew of laborers, mechanics and shopowners, have little experience in government. President Bashar Assad's troops still control the city of Idlib a few miles away, making area roads unsafe and keeping Maaret Misreen cut off from most of Syria. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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In this combination of photos made of nine photos taken on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, Syrian rebel fighters pose for a picture, following a training session in Maarret Ikhwan, near Idlib, Syria. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Syrian woman near a fire at a refugee camp in Azaz, Syria, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. Thousands of Syrian refugees who fled their homes due to fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces, face cold weather as temperatures dropped to 2 degrees Celsius (36 degrees Fahrenheit) in Azaz. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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The body of a Syrian Army soldier lies on the ground after heavy clashes with government forces at a military academy besieged by the rebels in Tal Sheer, Syria, Sunday, Dec 16, 2012. (AP Photo / Manu Brabo)
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Egyptian army tanks deploy outside the presidential palace during a protest against President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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An Afghan security member stands at the scene of a car bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. The bomb exploded outside of a compound housing a U.S. military contractor in the Afghan capital, blowing apart an exterior wall and wounding dozens inside, company representatives and police said. In another part of the country, a suspected landmine killed several young girls, police said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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Afghan security members of the Contrack company stand at the scene of a car bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. The bomb exploded outside of a compound housing the U.S. military contractor in the Afghan capital, blowing apart an exterior wall and wounding dozens inside, company representatives and police said. In another part of the country, a suspected landmine killed several young girls, police said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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Afghan security members of the Contrack company stand guard following a car bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. The bomb exploded outside of a compound housing a U.S. military contractor in the Afghan capital, blowing apart an exterior wall and wounding dozens inside, company representatives and police said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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Afghan security men inspect the scene of a car bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. The bomb exploded outside of a compound housing a U.S. military contractor in the Afghan capital, blowing apart an exterior wall and wounding dozens inside, company representatives and police said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
