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Layla M. is a writer in Damascus.
![Smokes rises from the Qaboun area during clashes between the Syrian Free Army and Syrian army forces in Damascus October 10, 2012. REUTERS/Omar Khani (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2012/q4/1-RTR38ZZM.jpg/1-RTR38ZZM.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=sV5K5uEl)
![Firefighters stand among debris after bombs exploded in a school building in Damascus September 25, 2012 in this handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency SANA. Bombs planted by rebels exploded at the school building occupied by security forces and pro-government militias in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Tuesday, activists and rebels said. REUTERS/SANA (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEE](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2012/q4/RTR38DZI.jpg/RTR38DZI.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=zfP2kWrX)
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![A cashier counts Syrian currency notes in Amman December 6, 2011. Jordanian money changers said on Tuesday demand on the Syrian pound has plummeted since unprecedented Arab economic sanctions against Damascus, and its exchange rate against the dollar has slipped on the black market by at least 7 percent to nearly 57 pounds. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2012/q3/1-RTR2UWYB.jpg/1-RTR2UWYB.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=If8ZxjBN)
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![A Syrian woman carries her daughter as their family are about to cross back into Syria at the Turkish Cilvegozu border, opposite the Syrian commercial crossing point Bab al-Hawa, in Reyhanli, Hatay province, July 25, 2012. The Syrian family of five travelling back to Syria said they prefer risking death in their home country rather than stay in Turkey. Turkey has closed its border gates with Syria to commercial traffic due to worsening security conditions but will keep them open for refugees fleeing the Syr](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2012/q3/RTR35AT3.jpg/RTR35AT3.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=KzdhXVcE)
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![Demonstrators hold poster of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at Kfr Suseh area in Damascus August 3, 2012. Picture taken August 3, 2012. REUTERS/Shaam News Network/Handout (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2012/q3/RTR362VE.jpg/RTR362VE.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=jyKFN8Nz)
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![Free Syrian Army members, with covered faces and holding weapons, sit by the side of a street in Qaboun district, Damascus June 11, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2012/q3/RTR33F2K.jpg/RTR33F2K.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=FXKuVz5W)
Layla M.