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Rebel fighters belonging to the Liwa Al-Tawhid group keep an eye on their enemy's position as they prepare to open fire as mortar explosions and gunshots are heard in the nearby battlefield in the Karm al-Jabel neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Syria's air force fired missiles and dropped barrel bombs on rebel strongholds while opposition fighters attacked regime positions, flouting a U.N.-backed cease-fire that was supposed to quiet fighting over a long holiday weekend but never took hold. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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A rebel fighter poses for a photo holding handcuffs in the front-line neighborhood of Bustan Al-Pasha in Aleppo, Syria, shortly after an army jet hit the rebel position in the city's northwest. Syria's air force fired missiles and dropped barrel bombs on rebel strongholds while opposition fighters attacked regime positions, flouting a U.N.-backed cease-fire that was supposed to quiet fighting over a long holiday weekend but never took hold. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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A rebel fighter throws a homemade grenade toward Syrian army troops on the front line in the Bustan Al-Pasha neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Syria's air force fired missiles and dropped barrel bombs on rebel strongholds while opposition fighters attacked regime positions, flouting a U.N.-backed cease-fire that was supposed to quiet fighting over a long holiday weekend but never took hold. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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An apartment destroyed by tank shelling is seen in the Karm al-Jabel neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, after several days of intense clashes between rebel fighters and the Syrian army. Syria's air force fired missiles and dropped barrel bombs on rebel strongholds while opposition fighters attacked regime positions, flouting a U.N.-backed cease-fire that was supposed to quiet fighting over a long holiday weekend but never took hold. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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A street of shattered buildings is viewed partially through a mirror used by rebel fighters to keep an eye on their enemy's positions in the Karm al-Jabel battlefield in Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Syria's air force fired missiles and dropped barrel bombs on rebel strongholds while opposition fighters attacked regime positions, flouting a U.N.-backed cease-fire that was supposed to quiet fighting over a long holiday weekend but never took hold. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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** FILE ** This Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, file image made from video released by the Israeli Defense Forces shows the downing of a drone that entered Israeli airspace in southern Israel. (AP Photo/Israeli Defense Forces via AP video, File)
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Those who know the old “tip of the spear” insignia of the World War II-era Office of Strategic Services gathered Saturday to celebrate former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates. (OSS Society)
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Refugees gather at the Thechaung camp set up for Rohingya Muslims who took refuge there after a previous wave of violence in June. Human rights groups say Myanmar’s failure to address the root causes of the crisis means the situation may get worse. (Associated Press)
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Muslim refugees arrive by boat in Thae Chaung, in western Myanmar, on Sunday. They walked to the nearby Thechaung camp, a place that’s home to thousands of refugees. (Associated Press)
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A Syrian civilian sobs as a relative lies on a hospital trolley after was he was wounded by a sniper shot to his back in Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday. A U.N.-backed truce declared for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha has failed to take hold. (Associated Press)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas leaves the podium after speaking during the 67th session of the U.N. General Assembly at the world body's headquarters on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Palestinian mourners carry the body of Hamas militant Suleiman al-Qarra during his funeral in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. A deadly Israeli airstrike and rocket and mortar fire from Gaza on Sunday marred a fragile truce that took hold late last week. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
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A Chinese policeman stands in front of fellow officers confronting residents who gathered outside the government office in Zhejiang province's Ningbo city on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, to protest the proposed expansion of a petrochemical factory. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
