Syria in crisis

In this citizen journalism image taken on July 16, 2012, and provided by Edlib News Network, a Syrian girl holds a poster with Arabic that reads, "greetings from Kfarnebel's children to the Free Syrian Army soldiers in Damascus," during a demonstration in Kfarnebel, Idlib province, northern Syria. Syrian rebels have launched an offensive to "liberate" the country's largest city of Aleppo, an opposition commander said, while in Damascus government troops backed by helicopter gunships wrested back control of rebel-held neighborhoods.

Credit: AP Photo/Edlib News Network