Barbara Surk

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FILE - This Thursday, March 22, 2012 file photo shows a general view of Damascus, Syria. A barrage of rockets slammed into a contested district on the northeastern edge of Damascus, activists said Friday, April 5, 2013, killing at least five people and trapping others under the rubble, while violence raged around suburbs of the capital. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman, File)

Syrian airstrike kills at least 15 in Aleppo

Barbara Surk · April 6, 2013 4:00 am

A displaced Syrian is seen within a makeshift barber shop while others stand in line for food in the Azaz camp for displaced people, north of Aleppo province, Syria, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. According to Syrian activists the number of people in the Azaz camp has grown by 3,000 in the last weeks due to heavier shelling by government forces. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Syria rebels fight for police academy near Aleppo

Barbara Surk · February 25, 2013 5:00 am

In this Friday February 8, 2013, photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter sits behind an anti-aircraft weapon in Aleppo, Syria. Syrian rebels brought their fight within a mile of the heart of Damascus on Friday, seizing army checkpoints and cutting a key highway with a row of burning tires as they pressed their campaign for the heavily guarded capital, considered the likely endgame in the nearly 2-year-old civil war. (AP Photo/Abdullah al-Yassin)

Rebels, troops battle for key Damascus highway

Barbara Surk · February 10, 2013 5:00 am

Group urges Lebanon to protect Syrian refugees

Group urges Lebanon to protect Syrian refugees

Barbara Surk · February 7, 2013 2:48 pm

Report: Corruption suspected in Mideast defense

Report: Corruption suspected in Mideast defense

Barbara Surk · February 6, 2013 4:45 pm

Syrian TV airs purported images of Israel strike

Syrian TV airs purported images of Israel strike

Barbara Surk · February 3, 2013 9:49 am

In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke rises from buildings after warplanes shell the town of Jobar, in Homs, Syria, on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Syrian jets bomb rebel areas near Damascus

Barbara Surk · January 24, 2013 5:00 am

Men help a wounded civilian after a mortar attack in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. The revolution against the Syrian regime started in March 2011 with peaceful protests but morphed into a civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people, according to a recent United Nations estimate. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)

Syrian warplanes bomb rebellious Damascus suburbs

Barbara Surk · January 13, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Sunday, April 15, 2012 file photo, Syrian Orthodox Christians attend Easter mass in Damascus, Syria. Christians, who make up about 10 percent of Syria's population of more than 22 million, say they are particularly vulnerable to the violence that has been sweeping the country since March 2011. They are fearful that Syria will become another Iraq, with Christians caught in the crossfire between rival Islamic groups. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)

Syrian Christians fear bleak future after Assad

Barbara Surk · December 23, 2012 6:42 pm

This Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 photo, shows damaged buildings due to heavy clashes between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces in the Karmal Jabl neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

Syrian troops battle rebels in Damascus suburbs

Barbara Surk · December 19, 2012 2:19 pm

Syrians, who fled their homes with their families, gather around a fire to warm themselves at a makeshift vegetables store in a camp for the displaced in the village of Atmeh, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Syrian jets bomb Palestinian camp in Damascus

Barbara Surk · December 18, 2012 6:37 pm

Report: Explosion in Lebanon near Israel border

Report: Explosion in Lebanon near Israel border

Barbara Surk · December 17, 2012 4:45 am