Photos: Syria In Crisis – Wednesday, August 5, 2012

Posted Sep 05, 2012

Syrian troops backed by artillery and warplanes fought rebels on multiple fronts on September 5, 2012 as peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi described the death toll as “staggering” and destruction “catastrophic.”

More than 100,000 Syrians fled their country in August, the highest monthly total since the crisis began in March 2011, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. That exodus sharply increased the number of Syrians now living in neighboring countries, bringing the total number of refugees to 234,368 in the past 17 months, the agency said.

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A Syrian man wounded by shelling sits on a chair outside a closed shop in the Al-Muasalat area in Aleppo on September 4, 2012. Life returned to central Aleppo, an AFP reporter said, in stark contrast with the Syrian city's rebel-held outskirts where activists reported renewed bombardments and food shortages. ACHILLEAS ZAVALLIS/AFP/GettyImages
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Syrians check the site of government forces bombing at the Syrian town of Azaz, on the outskirts of Aleppo, early Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Newly-arrived Syrian refugees families rest beneath olive trees after crossing the border from Tal Shehab city in Syria through the Al Yarmouk River valley into Thnebeh town, in Ramtha, Jordan, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012 as the sun sets. Jordanian military vehicles make few trips down the valley to help elderly refugees, women and children to reach the town of Thnebeh. More than 100,000 Syrians fled their country in August, the highest monthly total since the crisis began in March 2011, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. That exodus sharply increased the number of Syrians now living in neighboring countries, bringing the total number of refugees to 234,368 in the past 17 months, the agency said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
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Newly-arrived Syrian refugee families after they crossed the border from Tal Shehab city in Syria, through the Al Yarmouk River valley, into Thnebeh town, in Ramtha , Jordan, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. More than 100,000 Syrians fled their country in August, the highest monthly total since the crisis began in March 2011, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. That exodus sharply increased the number of Syrians now living in neighboring countries, bringing the total number of refugees to 234,368 in the past 17 months, the agency said. (AP Photo / Mohammad Hannon)
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Newly-arrived Syrian refugees cross the border from Tal Shehab city in Syria through the Al Yarmouk River valley into Thnebeh town, in Ramtha, Jordan, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. More than 100,000 Syrians fled their country in August, the highest monthly total since the crisis began in March 2011, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. That exodus sharply increased the number of Syrians now living in neighboring countries, bringing the total number of refugees to 234,368 in the past 17 months, the agency said. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon)
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Soldiers in a Jordanian military watchtower look out over newly arrived Syrian refugees after they crossed the border from Tal Shehab city in Syria through the Al Yarmouk River valley into Thnebeh town, in Ramtha, Jordan, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. More than 100,000 Syrians fled their country in August, the highest monthly total since the crisis began in March 2011, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. That exodus sharply increased the number of Syrians now living in neighboring countries, bringing the total number of refugees to 234,368 in the past 17 months, the agency said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
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Newly-arrived Syrian refugee families rest among Olive trees in a field after they crossed the border from Tal Shehab city in Syria, through the Al Yarmouk River valley, into Thnebeh town, in Ramtha , Jordan, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. More than 100,000 Syrians fled their country in August, the highest monthly total since the crisis began in March 2011, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. That exodus sharply increased the number of Syrians now living in neighboring countries, bringing the total number of refugees to 234,368 in the past 17 months, the agency said. (AP Photo / Mohammad Hannon)
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A newly-arrived elderly Syrian refugee man is transported in a military vehicle after crossing the border with his family from Tal Shehab city in Syria through the Al Yarmouk River valley into Thnebeh town, in Ramtha, Jordan, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. More than 100,000 Syrians fled their country in August, the highest monthly total since the crisis began in March 2011, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. That exodus sharply increased the number of Syrians now living in neighboring countries, bringing the total number of refugees to 234,368 in the past 17 months, the agency said. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon)
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A newly arrived Syrian refugeel rests in an open field after crossing the border from Tal Shehab city in Syria through the Al Yarmouk River valley into Thnebeh town, in Ramtha, Jordan, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. More than 100,000 Syrians fled their country in August, the highest monthly total since the crisis began in March 2011, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. That exodus sharply increased the number of Syrians now living in neighboring countries, bringing the total number of refugees to 234,368 in the past 17 months, the agency said. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon)
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Newly-arrived Syrian refugee children are helped by Jordanian military soldiers after they crossed the border from Tal Shehab city in Syria, through the Al Yarmouk River valley, into Thnebeh town, in Ramtha , Jordan, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. More than 100,000 Syrians fled their country in August, the highest monthly total since the crisis began in March 2011, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. That exodus sharply increased the number of Syrians now living in neighboring countries, bringing the total number of refugees to 234,368 in the past 17 months, the agency said. (AP Photo / Mohammad Hannon)
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A newly-arrived Syrian refugee girl rests in an open field after crossing the border from Tal Shehab city in Syria through the Al Yarmouk River valley into Thnebeh town, in Ramtha, Jordan, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. More than 100,000 Syrians fled their country in August, the highest monthly total since the crisis began in March 2011, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. That exodus sharply increased the number of Syrians now living in neighboring countries, bringing the total number of refugees to 234,368 in the past 17 months, the agency said. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon)
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This image taken from video filmed by an independent cameraman and made available on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012 shows Syrian men throwing buckets of water toward a burning building in Myasar neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. Government jets bombed the residential area of Myasar, reducing many of its buildings to rubble and causing a huge fire. (AP Photo/APTN)
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In this handout picture made available by the Egyptian Presidency, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Sabah (C) smiles as Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi welcomes Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (R) upon his arrival to attend a foreign minsiters meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo on September 5, 2012. Morsi told the ministerial meeting of the 22-nation organisation that it was time for the Syrian regime to step down and added that a resolution of the crisis was an Arab responsibility. AFP/GettyImages
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Syrian army tanks patrol the restive Sief al-Dawlah neighbourhood of northern Syria's main commercial hub Aleppo on September 3, 2012. Syrian troops backed by artillery and warplanes fought rebels on multiple fronts on September 5 as peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi described the death toll as "staggering" and destruction "catastrophic." JOSEPH EID/AFP/GettyImages
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A general view shows destruction in the flashpoint Salaheddin neighbourhood of Aleppo in northern Syria on September 3, 2012. Syrian troops backed by artillery and warplanes fought rebels on multiple fronts on September 5 as peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi described the death toll as "staggering" and destruction "catastrophic." JOSEPH EID/AFP/GettyImages
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A general view shows damaged buildings in Aleppo's Salaheddin neighbourhood on September 3, 2012. Syrian troops backed by artillery and warplanes fought rebels on multiple fronts on September 5, 2012 as peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi described the death toll as "staggering" and destruction "catastrophic." JOSEPH EID/AFP/GettyImages
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A Syrian child who fled her home in Aleppo with her family due to fighting between the rebels and the Syrian army, sleeps on the ground of a school where she and her family took refuge, in Suran, Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Syrians, who fled their homes due to fighting between the Syrian army and the Rebels, swipe the ground where they are taking refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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laundry belongs to Syrian children who fled their homes with their families due to fighting between the Syrian army and the rebels and took refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, are left on a pole to be dried, near the Syrian town of Azaz, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Syrian child, Amjad Al-Saleh, whose family fled their home in Marea 11 days ago, due to Syrian government shelling at their house, is comforted by his mother as he suffers from food poisoning, as they take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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This image taken from video filmed by an independent cameraman and made available on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012 shows Syrian men standing outside their home looking at a burning building, unseen, in Myasar neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. Government jets bombed the residential area of Myasar, reducing many of its buildings to rubble and causing a huge fire. (AP Photo/APTN)
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This image taken from video filmed by an independent cameraman and made available on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012 shows Syrian men throwing buckets of water toward a burning building in Myasar neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. Government jets bombed the residential area of Myasar, reducing many of its buildings to rubble and causing a huge fire. (AP Photo/APTN)
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This image taken from video filmed by an independent cameraman and made available on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012 shows pools of blood on a road in Myasar neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. Government jets bombed the residential area of Myasar, reducing many of its buildings to rubble and causing a huge fire. (AP Photo/APTN)
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Smoke rises after a Syrian Air Force fighter jet launched missiles at El Edaa district in Syria's northwestern city of Aleppo September 5, 2012. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal
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Riot police stand guard while Syrian protesters chant slogans in front of the Arab League headquarters in Cairo before a Arab League foreign ministers meeting, September 5, 2012. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) is pictured prior addressing members of his Justice and Development Party in Ankara, on September 5, 2012. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that Syria had become a "terrorist state" carrying out massacres against its own people. ADEM ALTAN/AFP/GettyImages
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his Justice and Development Party in Ankara, on September 5, 2012. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that Syria had become a "terrorist state" carrying out massacres against its own people. ADEM ALTAN/AFP/GettyImages
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Arab foreign ministers attend a meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, September 5, 2012. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih
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Smoke rises after a Syrian Air Force fighter jet launched missiles at El Edaa district in Syria's northwestern city of Aleppo September 5, 2012. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal
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A hole in a wall is seen in the damaged Im Al-Zinar church in the old city of Homs September 4, 2012. Picture taken September 4, 2012. REUTERS/Shaam News Network/Handout
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Syrian refugee, Omm Ahmed, from Daraa, Syria, carries her newly-born infant near her tent, at Zaatari Refugee Camp, in Mafraq, Jordan, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon)
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Protesters run during clashes with riot police near the Syrian embassy in Cairo September 4, 2012. Egyptian police fired tear gas to scatter about 100 activists who tried to storm the Syrian embassy in Cairo on Tuesday to replace the national flag there with a Syrian rebel one, a Reuters journalist said. Activists and police also threw stones at each other, inflicting minor injuries on both sides, a security source said. Security forces arrested about five of the demonstrators. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih
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Syrian fighters with the Free Syria Army (FSA) take position during clashes with government forces in the old city of Aleppo on September 4, 2012. Life returned to central Aleppo, an AFP reporter said, in stark contrast with the Syrian city's rebel-held outskirts where activists reported renewed bombardments and food shortages. ACHILLEAS ZAVALLIS/AFP/GettyImages
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A protester beats a drum during an anti-Syrian regime demonstration outside the Syrian embassy in Cairo on September 4, 2012. Dozens of anti-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad demonstrators clashed with Egyptian police outside the Syrian embassy in Cairo. GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/GettyImages
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Free Syrian Army fighters drag a dead man out of the line of sniper fire after he was shot at Seif a Dawla district in Syria's northwestern city of Aleppo September 4, 2012. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal
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A Syrian woman is seen through a hole in the kitchen wall of a house which was damaged in bombing by government forces, while walking back to her home, in Marea, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)