21 A painted poster of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad riddled with holes is seen in the city of Homs February 10, 2012. Bomb attacks killed at least 28 people in Syria's second city Aleppo on Friday, while Homs endured another day of shelling and a firefight broke out in Damascus, the nearest violence to the centre of the capital in an 11-month uprising. REUTERS/Handout
22 Demonstrators gather during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad after Friday prayers in Homs February 10, 2012. Bomb attacks killed at least 28 people in Syria's second city Aleppo on Friday, while Homs endured another day of shelling and a firefight broke out in Damascus, the nearest violence to the centre of the capital in an 11-month uprising. REUTERS/Handout
23 Demonstrators gather during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Homs February 10, 2012. Bomb attacks killed at least 28 people in Syria's second city Aleppo on Friday, while Homs endured another day of shelling and a firefight broke out in Damascus, the nearest violence to the centre of the capital in an 11-month uprising. REUTERS/Handout
24 Syrian soldiers who defected to join the Free Syrian Army are seen in Jerjenaz, near Idlib February 10, 2012. Handout taken February 10, 2012. REUTERS/Handout
25 Demonstrators hold banners during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Jerjenaz, near Idlib, February 10, 2012. Handout taken February 10, 2012. REUTERS/Handout
26 Demonstrators hold a banner which reads Russia's Medvedev, Putin, Lavrov, our children blood floated from mouths during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Jerjenaz, near Idlib, February 10, 2012. Handout taken February 10, 2012. REUTERS/Handout
27 Mourners carry the coffins of people killed in two bomb blasts which occurred on Friday, at al-Eiman Mosque in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, February 12, 2012, in this handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency SANA. REUTERS/SANA
28 Demonstrators gather during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Sheikh Meskeen near Deraa in this handout picture received February 12, 2012. REUTERS/Handout
29 Demonstrators gather during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Al Qusoor near Homs February 11, 2012. The banners read Curse on, United Nations, International committee, Russia, China. REUTERS/Handout
30 A Syrian soldier stands near a Syrian tank in Bab Amro near the city of Homs February 12, 2012. Syrian forces resumed their bombardment of the city of Homs on Monday after Arab countries called for U.N. peacekeepers and pledged their firm support for the opposition battling President Bashar al-Assad. Picture taken February 12, 2012. REUTERS/Mulham Alnader/Handout
31 Syrian tanks are seen in Bab Amro near the city of Homs February 12, 2012. Syrian forces resumed their bombardment of the city of Homs on Monday, with government troops concentrating their fire on Baba Amro neighbourhood in the south of the city and al-Waer in the west. Opposition campaigners said tank fire was concentrated on two large Sunni Muslim neighbourhoods that have been at the forefront of opposition to President Bashar al-Assad. They said 23 people were killed on Sunday after a lull in shelling the previous day. Picture taken February 12. REUTERS/Mulham Alnader/Handout
32 A Syrian tank is seen in Bab Amro near the city of Homs February 12, 2012. Syrian forces resumed their bombardment of the city of Homs on Monday, with government troops concentrating their fire on Baba Amro neighbourhood in the south of the city and al-Waer in the west. Opposition campaigners said tank fire was concentrated on two large Sunni Muslim neighbourhoods that have been at the forefront of opposition to President Bashar al-Assad. They said 23 people were killed on Sunday after a lull in shelling the previous day. Picture taken February 12. REUTERS/Mulham Alnader/Handout
33 A girl holds a doll and a banner during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Daria, near Damascus, February 12, 2012. Syrian forces resumed their bombardment of the city of Homs on Monday after Arab countries called for U.N. peacekeepers and pledged their firm support for the opposition battling President Bashar al-Assad. Banner reads: Bring back our childhood. REUTERS/Handout
34 Demonstrators gather during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Hula, near Homs, in this handout picture received February 13, 2012. Syrian forces resumed their bombardment of the city of Homs on Monday after Arab countries called for U.N. peacekeepers and pledged their firm support for the opposition battling President Bashar al-Assad. REUTERS/Handout
35 A Syrian man shows his hand, which he said was injured by Syrian security forces, at a temporary shelter after undergoing multiple reconstructive surgeries at a Red Crescent Hospital in Amman February 13, 2012. Doctors said tens of young Syrians injured during the violence in their country are currently receiving treatment at a hospital run by Paris-based Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Amman. Men covered their faces to conceal their identity. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji
36 Syrian men show their injuries, which they said were inflicted by Syrian security forces, at a temporary shelter after undergoing multiple reconstructive surgeries at a Red Crescent Hospital in Amman February 13, 2012. Doctors said tens of young Syrians injured during the violence in their country are currently receiving treatment at a hospital run by Paris-based Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Amman. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji
37 Murshed Al Khaled (C), a Syrian officer who defected to join the Free Syrian Army, is seen among demonstrators during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the town of Atarb near Alepo, February 12, 2012. Picture taken February 12, 2012. REUTERS/Handout
38 Demonstrators burn Russian and Chinese flags during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Al Mazaa in Damascus February 12, 2012. Picture taken February 12, 2012. REUTERS/Handout
39 Damaged houses are seen in Bab Amro, in the city of Homs, February 13, 2012. REUTERS/Handout |