The ruins of the city mosque in Darkush after a a week of heavy fighting.
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Yazan Labwi mends the hand of an injured fighting in the remains of his pharmacy in Darkush Friday.
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A young boy gathers water from the river in Darkush.
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Fathia Isadeen retrieves her only remaining possessions as the family home still smoulders behind her in Darkush Friday.
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A young boy devours a piece of bread after collapsing in the street after several hours of waiting in a bread queue in Darkush.
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A man gathers water from the river in Darkush.
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A family still living in their burnt home in Darkush.
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Rebel fighters man the streets of Darkush.
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The body of a government army captain lay in the street of Azmarin Saturday.
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Bodies still lay in the street of Azmarin the day after opposition forces took the city on Friday.
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A burned out home in Azmarin.
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Syrian army camps lay abandoned in Azmarin after opposition forces took the city Friday.
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A rebel fighter surveys a bunker built around the hilltop city of Azmarin by government forces.
- [Tracey Shelton/GlobalPost]