Barbara Surk

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In this Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter leads his comrades during heavy clashes with government forces at a military academy besieged by the rebels north of Aleppo, Syria. Free Syrian Army fighters took control over the military academy after battling government forces for several hours. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

Syrian vice president: both sides losing in war

Barbara Surk · December 16, 2012 9:59 pm

In this Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 photo, Free Syrian Army fighters react after an explosion during heavy clashes with government forces at a military academy besieged by the rebels north of Aleppo, Syria. Free Syrian Army fighters took control over the military academy after battling government forces for several hours. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

Syrian vice president: both sides losing

Barbara Surk · December 16, 2012 9:15 pm

Syrian men use sledgehammers to break the concrete of a residential building destroyed in a government airstrike, while searching for belongings under the rubble, in Maaret Misreen, near Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Blast at Syrian regime building in capital kills 5

Albert Aji, Barbara Surk · December 12, 2012 8:29 pm

Syrian men heat a fire to boil water near their tent at a refugee camp near the Turkish border, in Azaz, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Syria’s civil war spills into Lebanon, 4 dead

Barbara Surk · December 9, 2012 8:07 pm

This image from amateur video AP obtained from Ugarit News has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting and shows a rebel firing a weapon around a corner at Syrian government forces in Damascus, Syria Friday Dec. 7, 2012. Fighting around the Syrian capital has intensified in recent days as rebels press a battle they hope will lead to the collapse of President Bashar Assad's regime after 20 months of conflict. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP Video)

Syrian rebels set sights on Damascus airport

Barbara Surk · December 7, 2012 8:35 pm

Syrians and Jordanians bury the body of Emara al-Zoabi, 7-months-old, who was killed from Syrian government forces shelling in Ramtha City, north Amman, Jordan, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. Al-Zoabi was killed in Tafas village, in the Syrian city of Daraa, on Dec. 1. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Syrian warplanes strike rebels in Damascus suburbs

Barbara Surk · December 2, 2012 6:38 pm

FILE - In this May 26, 2010 file photo, a U.S. soldier stands next to a Patriot surface-to-air missile battery at an army base in Morag, Poland. Turkey's government requested the deployment of NATO's Patriot surface-to-air missiles on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012 to bolster its defenses along its border with Syria and prevent a spillover of the civil war in that nation, officials said. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Syrian warplanes bomb Damascus suburbs

Barbara Surk · November 21, 2012 5:00 am

A Syrian boy who fled with his family from the violence in their village, stands next to a tent at a displaced camp, in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border with Syria, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Syrian chaos deepens as rebels, Palestinians fight

Barbara Surk · November 5, 2012 5:00 am

FILE -- In this Thursday February 25, 2010 file photo, released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Hezbollah leader sheik Hassan Nasrallah, right, speaks with Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, upon their arrival for a dinner, in Damascus, Syria. The powerful alliance of Iran, Syria and militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas, once dubbed the "Axis of Resistance," is fraying. Iran's economy shows signs of distress from nuclear sanctions, Syria's president is fighting for his survival, Hezbollah is under fire by Lebanese who blame it for the assassination of an anti-Syrian intelligence official and Hamas _ the Palestinian arm _ has bolted. (AP Photo/SANA, File)

Syria rebels kill 78 soldiers, attack checkpoints

Barbara Surk · November 1, 2012 4:00 am

Syria presses heavy air bombardment of rebels

Syria presses heavy air bombardment of rebels

Barbara Surk · October 31, 2012 4:00 am

Syrian violence spills into Jordan, Lebanon

Syrian violence spills into Jordan, Lebanon

Barbara Surk · October 22, 2012 4:00 am

The Armenian plane that was forced to land, at Erzurum Airport, eastern Turkey, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Turkey's foreign ministry spokesman says Turkish authorities are searching the cargo of an Armenian plane bound for Syria. Selcuk Unal says Turkey granted the plane carrying aid for the Syrian city of Aleppo a permission to fly over its airspace only on condition it can search its cargo for possible military equipment. (AP Photo)

Historic mosque burned in ancient Syrian city

Barbara Surk · October 15, 2012 4:00 am