Bloodshed in Syria

Smoke rises from buildings due to an air strike that hit Sarakeb, Idlib province, Syria. (AP Photo)

Free Syrian army fighters hold their weapons as they stand on a military tank in Idlib province, Syria. (AP Photo)

Fighters and government forces in Daraya in a suburb of Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo)

As the Obama administration tries to prod Congress into backing armed action against Syria, the regime in Damascus is hiding military hardware and shifting troops out of bases into civilian areas. (AP Photo)

Damaged buildings in Jouret al Shayah, Homs, Syria, on February 2, 2013.

People inspect damaged areas in Deir al Zor.

Vehicles burn near a crater on a road after an explosion in central Damascus, on February 21, 2013. Syrian state media blamed what it said was a suicide bombing on terrorists battling President Bashar al Assad.

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, injured Syrians sit on the ground while flames and smoke rise from burned cars after a huge explosion that shook Damascus. (AP Photo) b

Sobhi al Hamod, 60, lives with his family in an underground cave used for shelter from Syrian government forces in Idlib province. (AP Photo)

A painting of Syria's President Bashar al Assad riddled with bullet holes, on the facade of the police academy in Aleppo, after it was captured by Free Syrian Army fighters.