The war in anticipation of war

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Two and a half years of civil war in Syria, once a centralized authoritarian state, in fact, divided the country into three parts, each of which has its own flag, law enforcement agencies and the judiciary. The regime of President Bashar Assad retains control of the corridor from north to south along the Mediterranean coast, while a significant portion of the interior of Syria and south-west in the hands of the rebels, and the northeast controlled by the Syrian Kurds. Dividing lines between the two regions remains very unclear, as government troops and rebel forces continue to share the daily attacks. Foreign aid the rebels and Assad's forces are on the rise, and every effort for reconciliation with the stop, and before it began. The UN estimates that more than 100 thousand Syrians were killed during the conflict, and several million were forced to leave their country. (Warning: the photo essay contains shocking images.)
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1. Tank Syrian government troops near the mosque Khaled bin Walid Khalidi in an area in the central city of Homs on July 31, 2013. The Syrian government on July 29 announced the capture of Khalid district, which is a key place of the rebels in Homs, the third largest city in Syria and the symbol of revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.



2. Rebel passes through a hole in the fence at the football stadium not far from the front lines, where he continued fighting between rebel forces and government forces on the outskirts of the northern city of Aleppo on July 4, 2013.



3. Members of the Free Syrian Army launch a homemade rocket toward the regime forces in Deir al-Zor, June 16 2013.



4. A man walks by destroyed street in Deir al-Zor, June 17 2013.



5. woman battalion of Ahbab al-Mustafa is standing on a pickup truck equipped with anti-aircraft weapons during military training in the area of ​​Aleppo Salaheddin, 24 June 2013.



6. A damaged church in Qusayr, June 5, 2013. Syrian troops backed by the Lebanese paramilitary organization Hezbollah seized the border town after a three-week battle, inflicting a serious blow to the rebels.



7. decapitated a statue in a church in Qusayr, Homs central province, August 1, 2013.



8. The man is trying to save the crop from the fire caused by the shelling of government troops, in Maarat Mashreyn, north of Idlib, June 6, 2013.



9. The Free Syrian Army soldier involved in an operation to take control of the Kindi hospital in Aleppo on 11 June 2013.



10. Children play in the water from the pipe in the area of ​​al-Shaar, Aleppo July 23, 2013.



11. Free Syrian Army fighter passes through the ruined amusement park in Deir al-Zor, July 21, 2013.



12. Crumbling wall with the image of the president's brother Basilio al-Assad at the entrance to the military airport Minnig after he was captured by rebels on August 8, 2013.



13. Destroyed radar, which belonged to the Syrian army, the military airport Minnig after his capture by the rebels on August 11, 2013.



14. Destroyed Russian-made helicopter, which belonged to the Syrian army, rebels captured a military airport Minnig August 11, 2013.



15. Soldiers of the Free Syrian Army Dzhobare, Damascus, August 8, 2013.



16. Destroyed buildings in Aleppo, Karm al-Jabal, controlled by the Free Syrian Army on 20 June 2013.



17. The Syrians are wounded man to a hospital in Sarakebe, northwest Syria, July 20, 2013. A man was seriously injured when a bomb exploded 10 meters from his car. Government forces launched 10 air strikes on Sarakebu.



18. Bicycle hanging on the wall of the damaged buildings in Aleppo, Karm al-Jabal, June 3, 2013.



19. Rebel drill a hole in the projectile in an improvised gunsmith in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, August 5, 2013.



20. Rebel puts explosives in the suicide belt in the armory shop in Raqqa, where fighters are engaged in production of mines, bombs and improvised explosive devices, August 5, 2013.



21. Sunni sheik, known by the pseudonym Abu Obaid, holding weapons and urges believers to join the jihad against the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during Friday prayers in the mosque of Osama bin Zaid in Aleppo on August 9, 2013.



22. Government soldiers patrol the ruined streets of the district of al-Khalidi, Homs on July 31, 2013.



23. The Syrian soldiers eating in the al-Khalidi, Homs on July 31, 2013.



24. Free Syrian Army fighter involved in a shootout in the Deir al-Zor, July 22 2013.



25. The bodies of the rebels are under the bridge during clashes with government forces in the area of ​​Suleiman al-Halabi, Aleppo, June 20 2013.



26. Vehicles abandoned by the rebels in the dub, north of Qusayr, June 7 2013.



27. The bodies of the Syrian rebels are on the ground in Damascus suburb of Adra, August 7, 2013.



28. The rebels walk past the bodies of Syrian soldiers in a field near the Deir al-Zor, August 10 2013.



29. The image was obtained from a video News Ugarit. Fireball rise into the sky in an explosion at the armory after a missile attack near Homs, under the control of government troops, August 1, 2013.



30. A man carries a boy wounded during a government air strike on Damascus Duma on July 13, 2013.



31. People are trying to help the man, who was found under the rubble after a missile strike in Homs on July 25, 2013.



32. Local residents are trying to find their things survived amid the wreckage of homes after an air strike on nejrab Bab, Aleppo, July 27, 2013.



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