Syria

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A kitchen damaged by heavy clashes between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces in Aleppo, Syria, is seen here on Dec. 10, 2012. (Associated Press)

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A Syrian woman and girl carry their belongings Dec. 11, 2012, after their home was damaged due to fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces in Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)

Syrians who fled their homes struggle to get pillows and blankets distributed at a camp for displaced Syrians, in the village of Atmeh, Syria, on Dec. 10, 2012. This tent camp sheltering some of the hundreds of thousands of Syrians uprooted by the country's brutal civil war has lost the race against winter. (Associated Press)

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A Syrian boy stands between men as they wait outside a bakery shop to buy bread in Maaret Misreen, near Idlib, Syria, on Dec. 12, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Syrian women wait outside a bakery shop to buy bread in Maaret Misreen, near Idlib, Syria, on Dec. 12, 2012. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Aida cries as she recovers from severe injuries March 10, 2012, after the Syrian Army shelled her house in Idlib, Syria. Her husband and two of her children were killed. (Associated Press)

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens gather Dec. 13, 2012, in front of a damaged building destroyed by a car bomb in Qatana, 25 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Damascus, Syria. (Associated Press/SANA)

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Free Syrian Army fighters warm themselves Dec. 12, 2012, in the northern province of Aleppo, Syria. Syria's civil war has killed more than 40,000 people. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A rebel fighter prepares to throw a homemade grenade toward Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Assad who are hiding in a nearby building as they attempt to gain ground against rebel lines during heavy clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria, on Nov. 4, 2012. (Associated Press)

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A Free Syrian Army fighter aims his weapon Dec. 10, 2012, during heavy clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A Free Syrian Army fighter poses Dec. 12, 2012, as he carries his weapon in the northern province of Aleppo, Syria. Syria's civil war has killed more than 40,000 people. (Associated Press)

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A Kurdish member of the FSA is seen at a check point in Fafeen village, north of Aleppo province, Syria, on Dec. 12, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Syrian men use sledgehammers to break the concrete and search for belongings under the rubble of a residential building in Maaret Misreen, near Idlib, Syria, that was destroyed in a government airstrike on Dec. 12, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Syrian men use sledgehammers to break the concrete of a residential building in Maaret Misreen, near Idlib, Syria, on Dec. 12, 2012, while searching for belongings under the rubble. The building was destroyed in a government airstrike. (Associated Press)

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A Free Syrian Army fighter points his weapon as he watches a Syrian Army jet (not pictured) in Fafeen village, north of Aleppo province in Syria on Dec. 11, 2012. (Associated Press)

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A Free Syrian Army fighter points his weapon as he watches a Syrian Army jet, not pictured, in Fafeen village, north of Aleppo province, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)