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![US, EU and Arab officials meeting in Rome as the Friends of Syria Group [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/179758606.jpg?itok=7YqEqbtV "US, EU and Arab officials meeting in Rome as the Friends of Syria Group [AFP]")
![A member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) speaks into a microphone urging people to join their fight against the regime, in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on November 13, 2013. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/187947514_1.jpg?itok=aTFOzN3B "A member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) speaks into a microphone urging people to join their fight against the regime, in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on November 13, 2013. [Getty Images]")
![SNC president George Sabra said in October that the group had taken a “firm decision” not to attend the talks. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/169678052.jpg?itok=J8G95rDe "SNC president George Sabra said in October that the group had taken a “firm decision” not to attend the talks. [Getty Images]")
![A member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant carries his weapon as he looks through a hole in a wall in Sheikh Saeed neighbourhood December 4, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/ISIS.jpg?itok=BvOPQFw4 "A member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant carries his weapon as he looks through a hole in a wall in Sheikh Saeed neighbourhood December 4, 2013. [AFP]")
![Lebanese police forensic experts inspect the wreckage of a car at the site of a powerful car bomb explosion on December 28, 2013 that rocked central Beirut the previous day. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/000_Nic6279498.jpg?itok=W6hFtvNi "Lebanese police forensic experts inspect the wreckage of a car at the site of a powerful car bomb explosion on December 28, 2013 that rocked central Beirut the previous day. [AFP]")
![Assad has been clear that he intends to run for re-election to "let the people decide" what they want. [wikia]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/assad_points.jpg?itok=6ZSHWZSR "Assad has been clear that he intends to run for re-election to \"let the people decide\" what they want. [wikia]")
![Atassi was beaten and held for her involvement in protests at the beginning of Syria’s uprising. [Reuters]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/suhair.png?itok=0Y2_k2eU "Atassi was beaten and held for her involvement in protests at the beginning of Syria’s uprising. [Reuters]")
