Syria Littered With Tanks, Bombed Buildings

February 6, 2013 - 6:06am
Damages mount in Syria as fighting between government and anti-government forces continues for nearly two years.
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Damages mount in Syria as fighting between government and anti-government forces continues for nearly two years.

Tank Ride

Free Syrian Army fighters ride a tank outside a Syrian Army base in Damascus on Feb. 3. Photo: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Shell Explosion

Free Syrian Army fighters walk through dust after a tank shell exploded outside a Syrian Army base during a clash in the Arabeen neighborhood of Damascus on Feb. 3. Photo: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Wounded Fighter

Free Syrian Army fighters wounded by a hand grenade take cover inside a Syrian Army base during heavy fighting in the Arabeen neighborhood of Damascus on Feb. 3. Photo: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Preparing Ammunition

Members of the Free Syrian Army prepare ammunition in the Khan al-Assal area near Aleppo on Feb 4. Photo: Abdalghne Karoof/Reuters

Grenade Toss

A Free Syrian Army fighter throws a hand grenade inside a Syrian Army base during heavy fighting in the Arabeen neighborhood of Damascus on Feb. 3. Photo: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Firing Back

A Free Syrian Army fighter fires a rifle as he enters a Syrian Army base during heavy fighting in the Arabeen neighborhood of Damascus on Feb. 3. Photo: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Incoming Fire

A Free Syrian Army fighter (on right) is shot in the head by a sniper from a wall of a Syrian Army base during heavy fighting in the Arabeen neighborhood of Damascus on Feb. 3. Photo: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Defensive Crouch

Members of the Free Syrian Army take defensive positions in the town of Nebel in Aleppo's countryside on Feb. 5. Photo: Mahmoud Hassano/Reuters

Street Fighting Position

A soldier loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad holds a weapon at Darya near Damascus in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA on Feb. 4. Photo: Handout Photo from SANA/Reuters

Aleppo Casualties

Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad stand near the dead bodies of three members of the Free Syrian Army beside a cement factory at the Sheikh Saeed neighborhood in Aleppo on Feb. 3. Photo: George Ourfalian/Reuters

Destroyed Tank

A member of the Free Syrian Army jumps from a destroyed military tank that belonged to government forces in the Khan al-Assal area near Aleppo on Feb. 4. Photo: Abalghne Karoof/Reuters

Damaged Buildings

Buildings in Daraya, Syria, show evidence of what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Feb. 4. This picture was provided by Shaam News Network. Photo: Fadi Al-Derani/Shaam News Network/Reuters

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